The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.
It was strange how fear had gone,now that we knew the worst and had a fighting man by our side.
The secret belongs only to the Maker of good and faithful dogs.
When a man comes out of great danger, he is apt to be a little deaf to the call of duty.
There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.
'What would you call the highest happiness?' Wratislaw was asked. 'The sense of competence ' was the answer given without hesitation.
Here were we wretched creatures of men making for each other's throats, and outraging the good earth which God had made so fair a habitation.
We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.
Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.
He disliked emotion not because he felt lightly but because he felt deeply.
We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.
To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.