But there is, I have learned, no permanent escape from the past. It may be an unrecognized law of our nature that we should be drawn back, inevitably, to the place where we have suffered most.

Grandpa says we've got everything to make us happy but happiness.

It is only by knowing how little life has in store for us that we are able to look on the bright side and avoid disappointment.

No, one couldn't make a revolution, one couldn't even start a riot, with sheep that asked only for better browsing.

Women are one of the Almighty's enigmas to prove to men that He knows more than they do.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

Nothing is more trying than nerves to people who have none.