There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction.

Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still, while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am right, that the young ought to be temperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them that confidence, elegance and precision which alone can make the accomplishment graceful and profitable.

He does not care for flowers. Calls them rubbish, and cannot tell one from another, and thinks it is superior to feel like that.

We do not get ice-cream every where, and so, when we do, we are apt to dissipate to excess.

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.