Meek young men grow up in libraries.

The poet needs a ground in popular tradition on which he may work, and which, again, may restrain his art within the due temperance. It holds him to the people, supplies a foundation for his edifice; and, in furnishing so much work done to his hand, leaves him at leisure, and in full strength for the audacities of his imagination.

The shot heard round the world.

There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says anywhere but here.

Moderation in all things, especially moderation.

Lose yourself in nature and find peace

The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted until within this century.