A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct; The language plain, and incidents well link'd; Tell not as new what ev'ry body knows; and, new or old, still hasten to a close.
Gardening imparts an organic perspective on the passage of time.
Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.
The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
Remorse begets reform.