Vermont is the only place in America where I ever hear thrift spoken of with respect.

the most elementary experience of life proves that the effects of compulsion last exactly as long as the physical or moral club can be applied.

Never since the dawn of human history, as far as I can find out, did people long settled in any region give a friendly welcome to newcomers. One of the disagreeable traits of our human nature seems to be to dislike on sight people who come later than the first settlers.

Almost anything is enough to keep alive someone who wishes nothing for himself but time to write music.

don't let anything make you believe that there are not as many decent men in the world as women, and they're just as decent. Life isn't worth living unless you know that - and it's true.

What's the use of inventing a better system as long as there just aren't enough folks with sense to go around?

Professional psychologists seem to think that they are the only people who make sense out of human actions. The rest of us know that everybody tries to do just this. What else is gossip?