I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality within a total knowledge of tradition.
Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet.
We see the judges look like lions, but we do not see who moves them.
Ceremony keeps up things: 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were spilt, and the spirit lost.
Take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is.
Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state.
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
Remember to let her into your heart.
The poorer children were, to her mind, often better behaved, less whiny, more creative in making use of their own time, and have a well-developed sense of independence.
Plants respond far better to moderate but consistent care than they do to occasional bouts of heroic intervention.
It feels like each time we are beginning at the beginning, in a really exciting way.