Love elevates. Love is what you live for.
Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner.
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
Morally considered, laughter is next to the Ten Commandments.
Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.
Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.
Women mostly remember the men who made them laugh, and men - only the women who made them cry.
History is not what happened but what is written down
We will hire someone with less experience, less education, and less expertise, than someone who has more of those things and has a rotten attitude. Because we can train people. We can teach people how to lead. We can teach people how to provide customer service. But we can't change their DNA.
In places this book is a little over-written, because Mr Blunden is no more able to resist a quotation than some people are to refuse a drink.