I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art.

All of us, just because we are able to talk, also believe we are able to talk about language.

Life is not anything, but an opportunity for something.

The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool.

A well-bred carriage is difficult to imitate; for in strictness it is negative, and it implies a long-continued previous training.

Children can scarcely be fashioned to meet with our likes and our purpose. Just as God did us give them, so must we hold them and love them, nurture and teach them to fullness and leave them to be what they are.