The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.

the most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.

The carefully fostered theory that schoolwork can be made easy and enjoyable breaks down as soon as anything, however trivial, has to be learned.

The comfortable thing about the study of history is that it inclines us to think hopefully of our own times.

it is not every tourist who bubbles over with mirth, and that unquenchable spirit of humor which turns a trial into a blessing.

But self-satisfaction, if as buoyant as gas, has an ugly trick of collapsing when full blown, and facts are stony things that refuse to melt away in the sunshine of a smile.