The archer who overshoots his mark does no better than he who falls short of it.

Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately.

I turn my gaze inward. I fix it there and keep it busy. I look inside myself. I continually observe myself.

Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

We do not marry for ourselves, whatever we say; we marry just as much or more for our posterity, for our family. The practice and benefit of marriage concerns our race very far beyond us.

Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand.

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.