“There's no thing sadder to me than associations held together by nothing but the glue of a postage stamp.”
“I freighted a leaf with a mental message for the friends at home, and dropped it in the stream. But I put no stamp on it and it was held for postage somewhere.”
“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.”
“There's nothing sadder than a sobbing waffle.”
“Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.”
“There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.”