Better a bare foote then none.

As good as a play.

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is the essence of real human love, feels the presence of the cherished child even in the debased, degraded man.

The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.

Such parting break the heart they fondly hope to heal.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

And the cold marble leapt to life a God.

The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.

Reason, however able, cool at best, Cares not for service, or but serves when prest, Stays till we call, and then not often near.

The key of the fields .

The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be common, nor the common heroic.

Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.

Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless hand Some random bud will meet; Thou canst not tread, but thou wilt find The daisy at thy feet.

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

And the wand-like lily which lifted up, As a Maenad, its moonlight-coloured cup, Till the fiery star, which is its eye, Gazed through clear dew on the tender sky.

Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.