It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.
If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.
A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will, and it is the only reality to him. It is not that he wants at the outset to fight other wills, but that they simply do not exist for him. Like the artist, he goes forth to the work of creation, gloriously alone.

