Society is older than government. But every persisting society implies the existence of government and laws; for a society without government and law…

- William Batchelder Greene

God -- if he really exist -- is good, alive, self-conscious, and governs all things according to his benevolent and holy providence; but the world sh…

- William Batchelder Greene

How Time doth lash us with sharp pains, Set loose our teeth, snatch wisps of hair, dim eyes -- And finally bend our backs toward earth To find the…

- William Batchelder Greene

Truth was truth, whether I darkened my eyes to it or not.

- William Batchelder Greene

Reviving Spring, a toast to thy fresh lips! Thy blush is music, and e'en heaven lurks In thy thick perfumed hair that hangs about Thy flowered should…

- William Batchelder Greene

What is it to be rich? It is to have an assured income in excess of expenditures, and to have no occasion for anxiety for the morrow. It is to be abo…

- William Batchelder Greene

For man, the death of the body is inevitable, and is determined by time and circumstance; but, with proper precaution, the death of the soul may be t…

- William Batchelder Greene

All men, and all created nature, have been at work, from the beginning of time to this day, to produce the circumstances which now influence our acti…

- William Batchelder Greene

Thou Moon! Sun of the Night, Sister mystic of the Day; Look down, pause in thy flight! Calm me with thy aural ray, Enchanting souls to silver sleep. …

- William Batchelder Greene