Charles Dudley Warner

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. ”

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments. ”

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

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

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. ”

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. ”

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

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

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you. ”