The luxuries of the few were becoming necessities of the many.

happiness depends more upon the state of mind - and body, perhaps - than upon circumstances and events.

We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and purity.

You can lock up from a thief, but you can't from a liar.

Some great poet or philosopher once said that " he who goes to nature for comfort must go to her empty handed " , and I think he was right.

Nature knows no calendar, the seasons move in a circle.

The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn't ever be any more.

Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too.

What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?

Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author. Reasoning poers must be brought to reinforce imagination.

Alas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot.

Inspiration is a lifestyle that must be practised continuously and is one that is never completely mastered.

I can help you.” He finalised.“How?” Both Jezka and Faze asked.“I don’t know but it's nice to sound optimistic, wouldn’t you agree.

Talent is a long patience, and originality an effort of will and intense observation.

Things in Arizona don’t just die

A writer who can't write in a grammerly manner better shut up shop.

Violence is stupid. Even as a last resort, it only ever begets more of the same.

Women sometimes forgive a man who forces the opportunity, but never a man who misses ones.

Perhaps the two most valuable and satisfactory products of American civilization are the librarian on the one hand and the cocktail in the other.

And hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast and calm repose.

Something significant has been lost.