“Stain my eyes as I may, on all sides all is black.”

“By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer.”

“The wild mustard in Southern California is like that spoken of in the New Testament. . . . Its gold is as distinct a value to the eye as the nugget gold is in the pocket.”

“Will not the Senorita trust me?"Ramona smiled faintly through her tears. "Yes," she said. "I will trust you. You are Alessandro, are you not?""Yes, Senorita," he answered, greatly surprised, "I am Alessandro.”

“The woman who creates and sustains a home, and under whose hands children grow up to be strong and pure men and women, is a creator second only to God.”

“Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name? ”

“Next time!" In what calendar are kept the records of those next times which never come?”