that is not the last word; it is not even an apt word; it is a dead word from ten years back.

That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.

I have been in the scholastic profession long enough to know that nobody enters it unless he has some very good reason that he is anxious to conceal.

I am annoyed to find myself continually described by people whom I have never set eyes on as bad-tempered.

One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.

Of children as of procreation -- the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable

My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally.