"The world is too much with us late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours."

"Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them."

"For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity."

"Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness."

"Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that the pursuit of truth is a lifelong endeavor."

"It is a quiet truth that to know when to speak and when to listen is the hallmark of genuine discernment."

"It is a quiet truth that when purpose is clear, every obstacle transforms into a stepping stone — an essential principle for the reflective life."