The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me

What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!

It is a good plan to have a book with you in all places and at all times. If you are presently without, hurry without delay to the nearest shop and buy one of mine.