On tension: "Instead of a surprise, tell them to it's coming over and over.

You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it too, and that’s what scares you the most

Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

History should be written as philosophy.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.