I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

Nature is entirely indifferent to any reform. She perpetuates a fault as persistently as a virtue.

The world is full of poetry as the earth is of pay-dirt; one only needs to know how to strike it.

Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the best anticipations. It is not much matter if things do not turn out well.

The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all.

It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It requires some training on the part of the trout to take to this method. The uncultivated, unsophisticated trout in unfrequented waters prefers the bait; and the rural people, whose sole object in going a-fishing appears to be to catch fish, indulge them in their primitive taste for the worm. No sportsman however, will use anything but the fly, except when he happens to be alone.

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.