I don't so much mind the falling, but I do seem to select the hardest spots to light on.

You cannot write on the heart of another what you do not feel yourself.

a trouble shared is a trouble half endured.

we know by the odour that occasionally we are visited by skunks, which are not poetic but very beautiful.

It really seems as if failure and hardship make more of a human being of folks than success.

I do not believe there is any one study that can be taken up that will broaden the imagination, that will be the source from which will spring more deep thinking and sincere research than the study of astronomy.

If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.