October is a fine and dangerous season in America . . . a wonderful time to begin anything at all.

October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful.

October turned by maple's leaves to gold; The most are gone now; here and there one lingers; Soon these will slip from the twig's weak hold, Like coins between a dying miser's fingers.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom.

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.