He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.

Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses.

Anonymity is the truest expression of altruism.

It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

Let us hope that we are all preceded in this world by a love story.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.