The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

The year is getting to feel rich, for his golden fruits are ripening fast, and he has a large balance in the barns, which are his banks. The members of his family have found out that he is well to do in the world. September is dressing herself in show of dahlias and splendid marigolds and starry zinnias. October, the extravagant sister, has ordered an immense amount of the most gorgeous forest tapestry for her grand reception.

The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads.