Money was their God; work their religion.

The wages of sin are the hardest debts on earth to pay, and they are always collected at inconvenient times and unexpected places.

Nature always levies her tribute.

I write as the birds sing, because I must, and usually from the same source of inspiration.

I don't so much mind the falling, but I do seem to select the hardest spots to light on.

But Aunt Margaret doesn't like boys," objected Elnora. "Well, she likes me, and I used to be a boy.

I do not know why it is the fate of the world always to want something different from what life gives them.