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It is not...

It is not...

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions...

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Education is about...

Education is about...

Education is about the only thing lying around loose in the world, and it's about the only thing a fellow can have as...

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How many of...

How many of...

How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming...

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Genuinely good remarks...

Genuinely good remarks...

Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience.

Source: In...

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The real menace...

The real menace...

The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a...

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You don't seem...

You don't seem...

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy....

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Few men of...

Few men of...

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

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Whatever an author...

Whatever an author...

Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put...

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Clothes make the...

Clothes make the...

Clothes make the poor invisible. . . . America has the best-dressed poverty the world has ever...

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A child's hand...

A child's hand...

A child's hand in yours -- what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone...

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Some books makes...

Some books makes...

Some books makes me want to go adventuring, others feel that they have saved me the...

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A Whig is...

A Whig is...

A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer --that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who dare not be a knave...

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A strong passion...

A strong passion...

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the...

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Fame is the...

Fame is the...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names...

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The vices of...

The vices of...

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for errors; and those of the poor and lowly, for...

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He who knows...

He who knows...

He who knows and knows not he knows:á he is asleep -- wake him.
He who knows and knows he knows:á he is wise --...

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Wherever we go,...

Wherever we go,...

Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as the bizarre. Things astonish us,...

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Leisure for reverie,...

Leisure for reverie,...

Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.

Source: Realism in...

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A slander is...

A slander is...

A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at...

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Surely there must...

Surely there must...

Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's...

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