A bird is joy incarnate.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

If there's anythin' on earth that can be more tryin' than any kind of relative, I don't know what it is, but relatives by marriage comes first - easy.

Revolution is obstructed evolution.

There is only one path which leads to the house of forgiveness - that of understanding.

Of all the things that make for happiness, the love of books comes first. No matter how the world may have used us, sure solace lies there.

How strange it is that life must be nearly over, before one fully learns to live!