The falcon and the dove sit there together, And th' one of them doth prune the other's feather.

The lark now leaves his watery nest, And climbing, shakes his dewy wings. He takes your window for the East And to implore your light he sings.

Journalism is merely history's first draft.

Thou givest life and love for Greece and Right: I will stand by thee lest thou shouldst be weak, Not weak of soul.--I will but hold in sight Thy marvelous beauty.--Here is She you seek!

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that al our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea.

Her glossy hair was cluster'd o'er a brow Bright with intelligence, and fair and smooth; Her eyebrow's shape was like the aerial bow, Her cheek all purple with the beam of youth, Mounting, at times, to a transparent glow, As if her veins ran lightning.

We always weaken everything we exaggerate.

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.

But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

The early village cock Hath twice done salutation to the morn: Your friends are up and buckle on their armor.

A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.

Evil and good are God's right hand and left.

SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

The English like eccentrics. They just don't like them living next door.

Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.