Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.
To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.
The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.
It is difficult to be emphatic when no one is emphatic on the other side.
A boy has a natural genius for combining business with pleasure.
People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.