Vermont Is The Only Place

I've Always Noticed That Nobody Can Be Single-minded Who Isn't Narrow-minded; And I Think It Likely That People Who Aren't So Cocksure What They Want To Do With Themselves, Hesitate Because They Have A Great Deal More To Deal With. A Nature Rich In Fine And Complex Possibilities Takes More Time To Dispose Of Itself, But When It Does, The World's Beauty Is The Gainer.

One Reason We Haven't Any National Art Is Because We Have Too Much Magnificence. All Our Capacity For Admiration Is Used Up On The Splendor Of Palace-like Railway Stations And Hotels. Our National Tympanum Is So Deafened By That Blare Of Sumptuousness That We Have No Ears For The Still, Small Voice Of Beauty.

On New Year's Day Every Calendar, Large And Small, Has The Same Number Of Dates. But We Soon Learn That The Years Are Of Very Different Lengths.

Don't Let Anything Make You Believe That There Are Not As Many Decent Men In The World As Women, And They're Just As Decent. Life Isn't Worth Living Unless You Know That - And It's True.

History Is Worth Reading When It Tells Us Truly What The Attitude Toward Life Was In The Past.