I was exceedingly delighted with the waltz, and also with the polka. These differ in name, but there the difference ceases

Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

It would not be possible for Noah to do in our day what he was permitted to do in his own ... The inspector would come and examine the Ark, and make all sorts of objections.

We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

We laugh and laugh. Then cry and cry- Then feebler laugh, Then die.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that could actually impede progress. Always be on the lookout for the things you did not know, that you did not know. Secondly, work on strengthening personal belief that a particular will be achieved regardless of any adversity that may show up, or evidence to the contrary.