“That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.”

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Medicine for the dead is too late.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.

The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.

To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.

Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.

I’ve done more for the 9/11 families, by their own admission, I’ve done more for them than you will ever hope to do so you keep your mouth shut.

The experience of being understood, versus interpreted, is so compelling you can charge admission.

Nothing dispels enthusiasm like a small admission fee.

By his own admission, was discussing the future of Director Comey in that job, and the president brings up whether he is under investigation, highly unethical, at a minimum, unethical.

The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

You want the industry to finally admit that you’re good. But I’m still good without their admission.

We are called to be fruitful – not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission of our own weakness.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.