It is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it.

... the English alphabet is pure insanity..., It can hardly spell any word in the language with any degree of certainty.

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

In my nostrils still lives the breath of flowers that perished twenty years ago.

To stand still is to fall behind.