"Who shall guess what I may be? Who can tell my fortune to me? For, bravest and brightest that ever was sung May be — …"

"Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and fo…"

"There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundless And the choicest pleasures of life lie withi…"

"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech."

"A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever."

"A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on ear…"

"God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love in all he doeth, Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume: The wicked w…"

"If the mind is wearied by study, or the body worn with sickness, It is well to lie fallow for a while, in the vacancy…"

"Wait, thou child of hope, for Time shall teach thee all things."

"For life, good youth, hath never an ill Which hope cannot scatter, and faith cannot kill; And stubborn realities neve…"