There was never a nation that became great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help.

The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

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.

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

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

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.