For splendor, there must somewhere be rigid economy. That the head of the house may go brave, the members must be plainly clad, and the town must save that the State may spend.

The sower may mistake and sow his peas crookedly; the peas make no mistake, but come up and show his line.

Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact makes much impression on him, and another none.

If I know your sect, I anticipate your argument

Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you you have omitted every word that he can spare.

Not always can flowers, pearls, poetry, protestations, nor even home in another heart, content the awful soul that dwells in clay.

The field cannot be well seen from within the field. The astronomer must have his diameter of the earth's orbit as a base to fix the parallax of any other star