The control of the production of wealth is the control of human life itself.

From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind-and the boat made three.

Put you hand before your eyes and remember, you that have walked, the places from which you have walked away, and the wilderness into which you manfully turned the steps of your abandonment ... It is your business to leave all that you have know altogether behind you, and no man has eyes at the back of his head - go forward.

Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.

Oh, you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about.