There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it. When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy. It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
Example is always more effacious than precept.
Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. Read over your compositions, and where ever you meet with a package you think is particularly fine, strike it out. What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Joineriana Calumnies are answered best with silence.