"The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will..." — Margaret Fuller

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.