My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way. ↗
So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born. ↗
We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives. ↗
I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do. ↗
When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green. ↗