O imitators, you slavish herd!
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s, vanish, all duties even.
If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. That is very serious!
Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.
A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty.
Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
Let us try what love will do.
At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I’ll sit up and sing.
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.
I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
Only poetry inspires poetry.
Is not every man sometimes a radical in politics? Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest; when they are sick, or aged. In the morning, or when their intellect or their conscience has been aroused; when they hear music, or when they read poetry, they are radicals.
