Modern poets add a lot of water to their ink.

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.

Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous.

Art is long, life is short; judgement difficult, opportunity transient.

There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).

He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.

You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.