A boy has a natural genius for combining business with pleasure.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire.

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.

There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real.

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

Nature is, in fact, a suggester of uneasiness, a promoter of pilgrimages and of excursions of the fancy which never come to any satisfactory haven.

The Maker is mighty in strength.

Your brand is your personal lawyer... It defends and speaks for you even in your absence. Keep calm and maintain a good brand!

Go home now, ” says I. “Keep away from the saloons. Save your money. You are going to need it.”“What are we going to need it for?” asks a voice from the crowd.“For guns and ammunition, ” says I.

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were.

They may not know what I'm doing, but they know I'm doing something!

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.

We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.

Why should anybody who doesn't like Donald Trump think, oh, well, I should think he is legitimate now?

We can't let others judge information for us.

Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.