"It is as stupid to oust ancient history from the schools in favor of American and modern European history as it would…"

"I am distressed that there are so few who indulge in the ecstacy of even a humble translation, and still fewer who at…"

"Abbreviations are the wheels of language, the wings of Mercury. And though we might be dragged along without them, it…"

"I never cared a bit for philology; my chief aim has been throughout to illustrate the social condition of the English…"

"When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings."

"Darkness began to drink up the last cold light upon the mountainside."

"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them."

"In my early life, and probably even today, it is not sufficiently understood that a child's education should include …"

"There is no thermometer for wants!"

"Knowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed."