I am more modest now, but I still think that one of the pleasantest of all emotions is to know that I, I with my brain and my hands, have nourished my beloved few, that I have concocted a stew or a story, a rarity or a plain dish, to sustain them truly against the hungers of the world.
This is the pleasantest part of life. Oblivion throws her light coverlet over our infancy; and, soon after we are out of the cradle we forget how soundly we had been slumbering, and how delightful were our dreams. Toil and pleasure contend for us almost the instant we rise from it: and weariness follows whichever has carried us away. We stop awhile, look around us, wonder to find we have completed the circle of existence, fold our arms, and fall asleep again.
One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; but I like to go by myself.
While it is necessary to eat and therefore it is pleasantest to eat food that looks handsome and tastes good, on the other hand there are things I would far rather do than spend time in a kitchen.
The pleasantest part of work is having done it.
The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will be the happiest life as well.
Strange the faithless fuss made about taking a walk in the safest and pleasantest of all places, a wilderness.
Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest.
Happiness is at once the best, the noblest, and the pleasantest of things.
The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.
A pleasant letter I hold to be the pleasantest thing that this world has to give.
One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.
The present hour is always wealthiest when it is poorer than the future ones, as that is the pleasantest site which affords the pleasantest prospect.
