... with men it's rush, rush, rush, every minute. I'm glad I'm a sedentary spider." "What does sedentary mean?" asked Wilbur. "Means I sit still a good part of the time and don't go wandering all over creation. I know a good thing when I see it, and my web is a good thing. I stay put and wait for what comes. Gives me a chance to think.

People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people.

His words span rivers and mountains, but his thoughts are still only six inches long.

Never hurry and never worry!

The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields, there in dalliance to set an example in fertility for nature to follow. Now we just set the clocks an hour ahead and change the oil in the crankcase.

Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.