At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
Books are men of higher stature, and the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
Oh, a day in the city-square, there is no such pleasure in life!
truth outlives pain, as the soul does life.
With what cracked pitchers go we to deep wells In this world!
I worked with patience which means almost power.