The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything.
The first thing I do in the morning is to make my bed and while I am making up my bed I am making up my mind as to what kind of a day I am going to have.
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope.
Humor is the most engaging cowardice.
I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.