Words, however, are things..

That man is great, and he alone, Who serves a greatness not his own, For neither praise nor self: Content to know and be unknown: Whole in himself..

Those true eyes, Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise, The sweet soul shining through them..

In life there are meetings which seem Like a fate..

Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize..

The man who seeks one thing in life and but one, May hope to achieve it before life is done; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reap….

Sorrows humanize our race; tears are the showers that fertilize the world..

The things which must be must be for the best..

There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it..

Great sorrow makes sacred the sufferer..

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem..

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it b….

Whenever I hear French spoken as I approve, I find myself quietly falling in love..

When time is flown, how it fled It is better neither to ask nor tell, Leave the dead moments to bury their dead..

Since we parted yester eve, I do love thee, love, believe, Twelve times dearer, twelve hours longer,- One dream deeper, one night stronger, One sun s….

Heaven's slow but sure redress of human ills..

That's best Which God sends. 'Twas His will: it is mine..

The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can, I say: For Beauty is easy enough to win; But one isn't loved every day..

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own..

Life hath set No landmarks before us..

I loved you ere I knew you; know you now, And having known you, love you better still..