About Logan Pearsall Smith:
Logan Pearsall Smith was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th Century divines. His Words and Idioms made him an authority on correct English language usage. He wrote his autobiography, Unforgotten Years, for which he may be best remembered.
What's more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say?
Logan Pearsall SmithDon't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.
Logan Pearsall SmithHappiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.
Logan Pearsall SmithIt takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
Logan Pearsall SmithThere are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.
Logan Pearsall Smith