We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.

When Pa was at home the gun always lay across those two wooden hooks above the door. ... The gun was always loaded, and always above the door so that Pa could get it quickly and easily, any time he needed a gun.

there is a spirit in every home, a sort of composite spirit composed of the thoughts and feelings of the members of the family as a composite photograph is formed of the features of different individuals.

Let's be cheerful! We have no more right to steal the brightness out of the day for our own family than we have to steal the purse of a stranger.

These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.

[On dishonesty:] If there were a cry of 'stop thief!' we would all stand still.

The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.