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

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.

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

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

"We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it."