The baby romped on my lap like a short stout salmon.

To think of losing is to lose already.

It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.

... possessiveness cannot accept; it cannot even strike a fair bargain; it has to confer.

The fatal flaw of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you.

Spring is strictly sentimental, self-regarding; but I burn more careless in the autumn bonfire.

Inflation is the senility of democracies.

cooking is the most succulent of human pleasures.

One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects.

Truth has beauty, power, and necessity.

Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste.

Get rid of all baggage of your past. You don't need this extra load. It can only slow you down and hold you back.

Seek to be the smartest in a room, not the loudest.

Have you spent so much time in the darkness that you cannot understand the light?

The only reason that the devil can read scripture, is that it was written with him in mind.

For I am born to tame you, Kate, And bring you from a wild Kate to a KateComfortable as other household Kates.

I know a lot of people in Phoenix, so I've had some great nights there. It's always hot, too, so it's just a nice to be outside in the evening.

Take life with a pinch of salt A shot of tequila and a wedge of lime Do nothing at all But take your time

Can it be that I have not lived as one ought?" suddenly came into his head. "But how not so, when I've done everything as it should be done?

Needs are the expression of life through us.