Quotes from Thornton W. Burgess

What's in a name? Sometimes a lot of real work.

That's the trouble with thoughtlessness; it never remembers other people.

You don't know what you are talking about, and no one sounds so silly as one who tries to talk about something he knows nothing about.

They feared him, and because they feared him, they hated him. ....You see, they didn't understand that really he had one of the kindest hearts in the world; and he didn't understand that they hated him just because they didn't know him.

A good thing is good, but more than enough of a good thing is too much.

They feared him, and because they feared him, they hated him.

Who scorns the simple things of life 

Luck never just happens. What people call bad luck is just the result of their own foolishness or carelessness or both, and what people call good luck is just the result of their own wisdom and carefulness and common sense.

XV - Grandfather Frog Gives Up Hope XVI - The Merry Little Breezes Work Hard XVII - Striped Chipmunk Cuts the String XVIII - Grandfather Frog Hurries Away XIX - Grandfather Frog Jumps into More Trouble XX - Grandfather Frog Loses Heart XXI - The Merry Little Breezes Try to Comfort Grandfather Frog XXII - Grandfather Frog's Troubles Grow XXIII - The Dear Old Smiling Pool Once More I

BOWSER THE HOUND BY THORNTON W.

Peter, I would hate to have Lightfoot try

they just didn't know

Mrs. Bluebird, like most mothers, is altogether too busy to spend much time taking care of her clothes; and fine clothes need a lot of care

trying to dig it larger. He knew there wasn't room enough for him to get between those roots.

A boasting tongue, as sure as fate,    Will trip its owner soon or late.