“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”

“I have a voice, too, and for good or evil mine is the speech that cannot be silenced”

“Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.”

“[W]e are none of us very good at silence. It says too much.”

“Life is nothing without a good sense of humor.”

“A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.”
Magna pars libertatis est bene moratus venter et contumeliae patiens.

“Too good is good for nothing.”

“I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke.”

“Goodness can endure a few moments; holiness is life-defining.”

“A good talker, even more than a good orator, implies a good audience. Modern society is too vast and too restless to give a conversationalist a fair chance.”