Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.
If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate.
Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.
Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.