"The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man is tragic, and doubly tragic when the greatness passes before the man does."

"Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine arts; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest to reach true perfection."

"Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once."

"Having a baby's sweet face so close to your own, for so long a time as it takes to nurse 'em, is a great tonic for a sad soul."

"To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself."

"The important is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn."

"If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants."

"Experience is a good school, but the fees are high."

"To write simply is as difficult as to be good."

"Nature made him, and then broke the mold."

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."

"Drop out of school before your mind rots from our mediocre educational system."