[On dishonesty:] If there were a cry of 'stop thief!' we would all stand still.
Laura Ingalls WilderIt is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation.
Laura Ingalls WilderShe heard pa shouting,"Jiminy crickets!It's raining fish-hooks and hammer handles!
Laura Ingalls WilderSo they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not see them go. It stayed there inside the log fence, behind the two big oak trees that in the summertime had made green roofs for Mary and Laura to play under.
Laura Ingalls Wilder