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 most popular persons are those who take the world as it is who find the least fault.

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

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.

If you do things by the job, you are perpetually driven: the hours are scourges. If you work by the hour, you gently sail on the stream of Time, which is always bearing you on to the haven of Pay, whether you make any effort, or not.

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

A boy has a natural genius for combining business with pleasure.