Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
A. C. Benson

A well begun is half ended.
A. C. Benson

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
A. C. Benson

Man, an animal that makes bargains.
A. C. Benson

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

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

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

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
A. C. Benson