I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.

The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone

Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.

In my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important component of being successful as an author.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our Nation; that 'tis hardly to be conceived, that an Englishman, much less a Gentleman, should plead for't.

There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.