Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

Cats don't like change without their consent.

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.