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.

Words as to the inner emotions do not come readily to me, for I have led an isolated life mentally and spiritually.

God gave you purpose, the devil can’t stop it, so the person in the mirror must choose success or failure. Choose success!

A child's growth is defined entirely by the adult that raises him.

It is possible to be different and still be all right.

We must prepare students for a future we can neither describe nor predict.

Truth is more than a dream and a song.

No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace.

I think people listen to whatever they think is good.

The four BIAs in the area support it. Operational benefits include accessibility and a place for police officers to come and go when they're working. Everyone's clamoring for more police presence.

Mercy Watson was a character that had been in my head for a long time.

Whenever anything went wrong at home, because I was the only boy, I would get blamed for it straight away. Girls stick together.