Quotes by Aldrich, Thomas B.

"To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age."

Aldrich, Thomas B. on age and aging
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"They fail, and they alone, who have not striven."

Aldrich, Thomas B. on failure
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"The ocean moans over dead men's bones."

Aldrich, Thomas B. on oceans   

"Books that have become classics -- books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal -- always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay."

Aldrich, Thomas B. on books - classics
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"The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born."

Aldrich, Thomas B. on bores and boredom
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"Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant."

Aldrich, Thomas B. on candor
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"Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades."

Aldrich, Thomas B. on civilization