One discovers a friend by chance, and cannot but feel regret that 20 or 30 years of life may have been spent without the least knowledge of him.

Snobbery, being an aspiring failing, is sometimes the prophecy of better things.

One discovers a friend by chance, and cannot but feel regret that 20 or 30 years of life may have been spent without the least knowledge of him.

There are those who say that trees shade the garden too much, and interfere with the growth of the vegetables. There may be something in this:but when I go down the potato rows, the rays of the sun glancing upon my shining blade, the sweat pouring down my face, I should be grateful for shade.

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

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

The stranger who receives the rare gift of human kindness holds its value in his heart forever.