Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now; there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo, less fatigue of body, less weariness of soul; and, most of all, there was less loading up with trash.

I've always thought the law ought to put on spectacles, it has mighty poor eyesight once in a while.

Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!

When did Youth ever thank Age for its wisdom?

What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my own.

Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.

When one promise jostles another, one of 'em isn't a promise.