Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one's balance.

Failed the bright promise of your early day?

Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.

For a deed to be totally pure, it must be done without any thought of reward, whether worldly or divine.

Nor all America can claim him now: Forevermore he is Mankind's and God's.

In order to pay it's got to be a pretty big winner. But if it's a big hit from a financial standpoint, then next year you've got a very tough comparison.

Calamity was ordained for man.