That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.
Children are guilty of unpardonable rudeness when they spit in the face of a companion; neither are they excusable who spit from windows or on walls or furniture.
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers.
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
Almost all reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.