William Phelps
William Phelps
babe extricate fire gradually house man moderate mother urge whose
Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation.
ancestors ancestry arrived glad nine
I am glad my ancestors arrived on the Mayflower, but I am gladder that there are nine generations between us.
divide forget readers remember
I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who read to forget
happiest happiness thinks
The happiest person is he who thinks the most interesting thoughts.