Fool," said my muse to me. "Look in thy heart and write.
Nothing has a letter effect upon children than praise.
There is no dearth of charity in the world in giving, but there is comparatively little exercised in thinking and speaking.
Every base occupation makes one sharp in its practice, and dull in every other.
The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it.
The day seems long, but night is odious; no sleep, but dreams; no dreams but visions strange.