Good writing is clear thinking made visible.

Good writing is clear thinking made visible.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to read more

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteeen.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteeen.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how.

Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how.

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.

You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.