I do not know the names of all the weeds and plants, I have to do as Adam did in his garden... name things as I find them.

A well known American writer said once that, while everybody talked about the weather, nobody seemed to do anything about it.

Memory has the singular characteristic of recalling in a friend absent, as in a journey long past, only that which is agreeable.

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

A woman set on anything will walk right through the moral crockery without wincing.

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.

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.