This time is a very good one if we but know what to do with it

What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour.

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant friendly party; but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away

This time,like all times, is a good time, if we but know what to do with it.

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire.

Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago but it is put to better use