America is a willingness of the heart.

I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would appeal to your intelligence.

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy and the quoted tattle merely the arrow.

Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.

Who would not be pleased at carrying lamps helpfully through the darkness?

The mind of a little child is fascinating, for it looks on old things with new eyes-but at about twelve this changes. The adolescent offers nothing, can do nothing, say nothing that the adult cannot do better.

...their eyes are full of kindness as each feels the full effect of novelty after a short separation. They are drawing a relaxation from each other's presence, a new serenity.