Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits.

The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed.

If thousands are thrown out of employment, it suggests that they were not well employed. Why don't they take the hint? It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them?

There is a patent office at the seat of government of the universe, whose managers are as much interested in the dispersion of seeds as anybody at Washington can be, and their operations are infinitely more extensive and regular.

I have tasted but little bread in my life. It has been mere grub and provender for the most part. Of bread that nourished the brain and the heart, scarcely any. There is absolutely none on the tables even of the rich.

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.