Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration.

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one.

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property.

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

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.

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

How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man.

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

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.