"I count each day a little life, With birth and death complete; I cloister it from care and strife And keep it sane an…"

"Marriage is a bachelor’s punishment for his sins"

"The world is full of scribbling Nobodies who think they’re scribbling Somebodies."

"Dignity is a tin god in the temple of bunk."

"After fifty don’t go to a funeral if you can avoid it. It’s bad enough to go to your own when times comes."

"Wisdom is peace, peace wisdom. Both are born of a humble heart and a nourished gratitude."

"Nature is the nest professor in the end."

"Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night The healing dark."

"There's the wretched rent to pay, Yet I glower at pen and ink: Oh, inspire me, Muse, I pray, It is later than you think!"

"Oh it is good to ride and run, To roam the reenwood wild and free; To hunt, to idle in the sun, To leap into the laug…"