One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one.
Charles Dudley Warner Quotes
If there was any petting to be done, he chose to do it. Often he would sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate affection, come and pull at my coat and sleeve until he could touch my face with his nose, and then go away contented.
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend – “Just as good as the real.”
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
What a man needs in gardening is a cast iron back, with a hinge in it.
