US "newspaperman, author, editor, publisher".
"He is credited with making the statement "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.""
To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch their renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do."
"The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities."
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend -- 'Just as good as the real.'
People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.
"Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure."
