When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.

Is there anything in life so disenchanting as achievement?

To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor.

Extreme busyness is a symptom of deficient vitality, and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

You start a question, and it's like starting a stone. You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others.

The full truth of this odd matter is what the world has long been looking for and the public curiosity is sure to welcome.

I consider the success of my day based on the seeds I sow, not the harvest I reap.