I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Most of the people living in New York have come here from the far to try to make enough money to go back to the farm

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

I love you as New Englanders love pie!

There is bound to be a certain amount of trouble running any country. If you are president, the trouble happens to you. But if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so that most of the trouble happens to other people.

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram.

I do not see why men sheould be so proud insects have the more ancient lineage according to the scientists insects were insects when man was only a burbling whatisit.