Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth
with us lies in obedience to the read more

It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth
with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World
axiom--Richesse oblige.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Thou art a female, Katydid!
I know it by the trill
That quivers through thy piercing notes
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Thou art a female, Katydid!
I know it by the trill
That quivers through thy piercing notes
So petulant and shrill.
I think there is a knot of you
Beneath the hollow tree,
A knot of spinster Katydids,--
Do Katydids drink tea?

I never dare to write
As funny as I can.

I never dare to write
As funny as I can.

The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability.

The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability.