"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…"

"Tell me, ye that strive in vain to cramp and dwarf the soul, Wherefore should it cease to be, and when shall essence …"

"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…"

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