The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world.

Prayers are to men as dolls are to children.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.