The alphabet will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls. They will trust the written characters and not remember themselves.
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.
It would appear, from the best examples, that the proper way of beginning a preface to one's work is with a humble apology for having written at all.
The truth is I've got the land on my back, an' it's drivin' me. Land is a hard driver.
And where was happiness if it sprung not from the soil? Where contentment if it dwelt not near to Nature?
Nothing, except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct, is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction.
to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life.
Men are like roses. You have to watch out for the pricks.
I stopped my iTunes festival set because someone fainted at the front. It felt like the right thing to do at the time but maybe I was being too sensitive.
The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain.
At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning.