“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.”

You can’t be that good; you work for me.

Photography is my one recreation and I think it should be done well.

Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.

Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop.

She who saves a single soul, saves the universe.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.

That’s the reason they’re called lessons, because they lesson from day to day.

I don’t see how he can ever finish, if he doesn’t begin.

No discussion between two persons can be of any use, until each knows clearly what it is that the other asserts.

One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another.

One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another.

It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity.