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A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.'

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.

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

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. - My Summer in a Garden.

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration. - My Summer in a Garden, 1871.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - My Summer in a Garden.

Politics makes strange bed-fellows.

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.

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

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.