Charles Dudley Warner

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

“Few people can resist doing what is universally expected of them. This invisible pressure is more difficult to stand against than individual tyranny.”

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

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

“Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.”