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.

I am persuaded that the world has been tricked into adopting some false and most pernicious notions about consistency - and to such a degree that the average man has turned the rights and wrongs of things entirely around and is proud to be "consistent," unchanging, immovable, fossilized, where it should be his humiliation.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

The most successful people are those who do all year long what they would otherwise do on their summer vacation.

Education is what you must acquire without any interference from your schooling.

There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par.

I've never let my school interfere with my education.