The Swiss are a neat and an industrious people, none of whom is under seventy-five years of age.

My land is bare of chattering folk; / the clouds are low along the ridges, / and sweet's the air with curly smoke / from all my burning bridges.

... if this world were anything near what it should be there would be no more need of a Book Week than there would be a of a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.

Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful. So you might as well live.

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.