Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too.

Any artwork needs time and patience and needs above a quiet mind.

It was ordained that our earthly pilgrammage should be a struggle, and life would be a tame affair if everything went smoothly.

The harvest-home or supper is a thing of the past. To those who feel the fascination of the past this may appear sad, but it is not so really for, even while it existed, this surface goodwill was often an empty show.

Nature knows no calendar, the seasons move in a circle.

Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author. Reasoning poers must be brought to reinforce imagination.

What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?