People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed

Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.

You can't have the family farm without the family.

Employers will give time to eat, time to sleep; they are in terror of a time to think.

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.