A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd by that way-- Light footed, pretty and so gay; That way she came, Softly warbling forth her lay.

The best genius is that which absorbs and assimilates everything without doing the least violence to its fundamental destiny.

I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate.

Where there are no women there are no good manners

The dear good people don't know how long it takes to learn to read. I've been at it eighty years, and can't say yet that I've reached the goal.

One must keep repeating the Truth.

Rash, inexperienced youth holds itself a chosen instrument, and allows itself unbounded license.