It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
Give us courage and gaiety and the quient mind . . .
...those little people, my brownies, who do one half of my work for me while I am fast asleep, and in all human likelihood do the rest for me as well, when I am wide awake and fondly suppose I do for myself.
I know what happiness is, for I have done good work.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.