In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.
Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.