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Jenny replied to this with a bitterness which might have surprized a judicious person, who had observed the tranquillity with which she bore all the affronts to her chastity; but her patience was perhaps tired out, for this is a virtue which is very apt to be fatigued by exercise.

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We are the people our parents warned us about.

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Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.

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Indecision may or may not be my problem.

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It does not take sharp eyes to see the sun and the moon, nor does it take sharp ears to hear the thunderclap. Wisdom is not obvious. You must see the subtle and notice the hidden to be victorious.

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There is no procedure for learning to write. What you must do, is learn to think.

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To love someone is to identify with them.

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There is nothing as strong as tenderness,
And nothing as tender as true strength.

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Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.

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Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.

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