It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do. It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

I don't understand German myself. I learned it at school, but forgot every word of it two years after I had left, and have felt much better ever since.

You can always tell the old river hand by the way in which he stretches himself out upon the cushions at the bottom of the boat, and encourages the rowers by telling them anecdotes about the marvellous feats he performed last season.

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous - almost of pedantic - veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.

I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.

One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.

What the eye does not see, the stomach does not get upset over