Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.
Every time I read a Jane Austen novel, I feel like a bartender at the gates of heaven.
Good fathers not only tell us how to live, they show us.
The secret to success: find out where people are going and get there first
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.