The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.

Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.

He made the country down in Illinois, and He made the Missouri", the little girl continued. "I guess somebody else made the country in these parts. It's not nearly so well done. They forgot the water and the trees.