The opening of the first grammar school was the opening of the first trench against monopoly in Church and State.

And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.

What a man pays for bread and butter is worth its market value, and no more. What he pays for love's sake is gold indeed, which has a lure for angels' eyes, and rings well upon God's touchstone.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame; Ev'y thin' thet' s done inhuman Injers all on 'em the same.

Fastidiousness is only another word for egotism; and all men who know not where to look for truth save in the narrow well of self will find their own image at the bottom, and mistake it for what they are seeking.

I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them.