He who would do good to another, must do it in minute particulars. A great ship asks deep water. An excess of law inescapably weakens the rule of law. A man is only as good as what he loves.
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of children. Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. Once you sink that first stake, they'll never make you pull it up. Ambition can creep as well as soar. New roads, new ruts.