A child should always say what's true, And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table: At least as far as he is able.

A friend is somebody who loves us with understanding, as well as emotion.

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

The difficulty is not to write, but to write what you mean.

I believe in an ultimate decency of things.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

The smack of California earth shall linger on the palate of your grandson.