The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
The engine died and then the doors swung open.
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.