The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting.
Luckily, I never feel at one time more than half my pains.
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
Living requires but little life; doing requires much.
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
Children need models rather than critics.
To teach is to learn twice.
Never cut what you can untie.
Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting.
Imagination is the eye of the soul.
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.
Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.
To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.
Before you use a fancy word, make room for it.
All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
The paper is patient, but the reader is not.
Politeness is the flower of humanity.