Life, a beauty chased by tragic laughter.

- John Masefield

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.

- John Masefield

The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes.

- John Masefield

Humans consist of body, mind and imagination. Our bodies are faulty, our minds untrustworthy, but our imagination has made us remarkable.

- John Masefield

I have seen flowers come in stony places And kind things done by men with ugly faces, And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trus…

- John Masefield

Love is a flame to set the will on fire

- John Masefield

And may we find when ended is the page, Death but a tavern on our pilgrimage.

- John Masefield

The days that make us happy make us wise

- John Masefield

To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been; and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes.

- John Masefield