Last week I went to Philadelphia but it was closed.

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

Without deviation progress is not possible.

If I don't write to empty my mind I go mad.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces nor slander us behind our backs nor intrude upon our privacy nor quit their shelves until we take them down.

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.

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