Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.
As I neared her, I bent to help her up, and was nearly knocked over her.
Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.