High thoughts must have high language.
When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.
There are few positions in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered. These difficulties are, however, our best instructors, as our mistakes often form our best experience.
Be as careful of the books you read as the company you keep.
Weeds grow sometimes very much like flowers, and you can't tell the difference between true and false merely by the shape.
The eyes of a man are of no use without the observing power. Telescopes and microscopes are cunning contrivances, but they cannot see of themselves.
I can't avoid writing. It's a sort of nervous tic I have developed since I gave up needlepoint.
He is not injured. He's not fit. He's not fit to play football, unfortunately. He played in a reserve game the other day and I could have run about more than he did. I can't pick him.
Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question. Science has no answer to it.
Time changes every man. Unusual circumstances change them in unusual ways