What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one

The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Life itself is only a vision, a dream."
"Nothing exists; all is a dream. God--man--the world--the sun, the moon, the wilderness of stars--a dream, all a dream; they have no existence. Nothing exists save empty space--and you!