Occupation: Writer Birth: January 27, 1805 Death: May 24, 1881
Will you not, as a loyal student of dear old Baylor, lay aside for a few days the usual cares of life, come back to your alma mater, renew former ass….
It seems to me the charm of etching is the glimmering through of the white paper even in the shadows so that almost everything sparkles or suggest sp….
A picture has been said to be something between a thing and a thought..
Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them..
There is nothing like books - of all things sold incomparably the cheapest, of all pleasure the least palling, they take up little room, keep quiet w….
I hope to begin a new plan... not sitting down to local matter but walking and watching..
When less than four years old I was standing with my nurse, Mary Ward, watching the shadows on the wall from branches of an elm behind which the moon….
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open..
When the door shuts another opens. He that would struggle with the world, and bear up in adversity, ought still to resolve not to be discouraged, for….
Rural poetry is the pleasure ground of those who live in cities..
A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lyon..