Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is th….

A giant as we hoped, in truth, a dwarf; A barrel of slop that shines on Lethe's wharf', Which at first seemed a vessel with sweet wine For thirsty li….

Work for your own soul's sake..

Many books have been written to show that Christianity has emasculated the world, that it shoved aside the enlightenment and wisdom of Hellas for a d….

The snows and the roses of yesterday are vanished; And what is love but a rose that fades?.

How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?.

In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror..

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it..

The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul..

What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, Anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for you— It take….

The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, why fiddle you must, for all your l….

There is no marriage in Heaven, but there is love..

Beware of the man who rises to power from one suspender..

There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived the great range of life..

To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for th….

Did I follow Truth wherever she led, And stand against the whole world for a cause, And uphold the weak against the strong? If I did I would be remem….

To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty..

I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea. And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a maid, And the silenc….

Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected..

And I never started to plow in my life That some one did not stop in the road And take me away to a dance or picnic. I ended up with forty acres; I e….

the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth..