One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

The world is full of poetry as the earth is of pay-dirt; one only needs to know how to strike it.

There is no beauty like that which was spoiled by an accident; no accomplishments and graces are so to be envied as those that circumstances rudely hindered the development of.

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

Hoeing in the garden on a bright, soft May day, when you are not obligated to, is nearly equal to the delight of going trouting.

There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.