Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.

What a world of trouble those who never marry escape! There are many happy matches, it is true, and sometimes "my dear," and "my love" come from the heart; but what sensible bachelor, rejoicing in his freedom and years of discretion, will run the tremendous risk?

Loyalty is a word which has worked vast harm; for it has been made to trick men into being "loyal" to a thousand iniquities, whereas the true loyalty should have been to themselves - in which case there would have ensured a rebellion, and the throwing off of that deceptive yoke.

I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary.

Humor is like a frog; if you dissect it, it dies.

There is a sumptuous variety about the New England weather... In the spring I have counted one hundred and twenty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours.

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.