He said true things, but called them by wrong names.
He lives most life whoever breathes most air.
The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'
Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?
At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.
