In her abhorrrence of a vacuum, Nature, for the furtherance of her favorite hobby, has often to resort to strange devices. If she could but understand that vacuity is sometimes better than superfluity!

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

Life has taught me that the greatest tragedy is not to die too soon but to live too long.

The truth is I've got the land on my back, an' it's drivin' me. Land is a hard driver.

Passion alone could destroy passion. All the thinking in the world could not make so much as a dent in its surface.

Cruelty, I truly believe, is the one and only sin.

A doctrine of endurance flows easily from our lips when we are enduring jam and our neighbors dry bread, and it is still possible for us to become resigned to the afflictions of our brother.