Disappointment is often the salt of life.

The coat of the buffalo never pinches under the arm, never puckers at the shoulders; it is always the same, yet never old fashioned nor out of date.

The heresy of one age is the orthodox belief and "only infallible rule" of the nest.

What a joy is there in a good book, writ by some great master of thought, who breaks into beauty as in summer the meadow into grass and dandelions and violets, with geraniums and manifold sweetness.

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.