Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.
For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.