What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
...how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!
When the reptile is attacked at one mouth of his burrow, he shows himself at another.
The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful.
When I would go a-visiting, I find that I go off the fashionable street,--not being inclined to change my dress,--to where man meets man, and not polished shoe meets shoe.
It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain.