A well begun is half ended. ~A. C. Benson
Well Half Begun
All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. ~A. C. Benson
Best Reality Escape
Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping. ~A. C. Benson
Men Ambition Doing
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow. ~A. C. Benson
Beautiful World Mystery
I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this. ~A. C. Benson
Teacher I Am Emotions
I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. ~A. C. Benson
Newspaper Read Fiction
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste. ~A. C. Benson
Good Important You
Man, an animal that makes bargains. ~A. C. Benson
Man Animal Makes
One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do. ~A. C. Benson
Business Mind Way
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way. ~A. C. Benson
Wisdom People Help
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears. ~A. C. Benson
Life Worst Losses
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. ~A. C. Benson
Change Self More
When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory. ~A. C. Benson
Life Age Long