After all, people may really have in them some vocation which is not quite plain to themselves, may they not? They may seem idle and weak because they are growing. We should be very patient with each other, I think.

The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.

If Art does not enlarge men's sympathies, it does nothing morally.

In the ages since Adam's marriage, it has been good for some men to be alone, and for some women also.

A good horse makes short miles.

I don't want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.