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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life
A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity read more
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
Seek simplicity but distrust it.
Seek simplicity but distrust it.
A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be read more
A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it
When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten read more
When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.
The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet, And left to read more
The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet, And left to Heaven the rest. -John V. Cheney.
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends.
Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends.