"At your time of life, it's love that rules the roast: at mine, it's solid, serviceable gold."

"What can't be cured must be endured."

"I have no horror of death: if I thought it inevitable I think I could quietly resign myself to the prospect ... But I…"

"All for myself the sigh would swell, The tear of anguish start; I little knew what wilder woe Had filled the Poet's h…"

"Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost, Oh! how shall I app…"

"My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring And carried aloft on the wings of the breeze; For above and around me the w…"

"I wish I could see how the ocean is lashing The foam of its billows to whirlwinds of spray; I wish I could see how it…"

"You may rejoice to think yourselves secure, You may be grateful for the gift divine, That grace unsought which made y…"

"Say does your heart expand to all mankind And would you ever to your neighbour do, — The weak, the strong, the enligh…"

"The demon of drink was as black as the demon of play, and nearly as hard to get rid of — especially as his kind frien…"