Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the indifferent judge between the high and low.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.

It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

My true love hath my heart, and I have his

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.

Travel Moulds A Man, People Mould His Wisdom And Experiences Mould His LIFE...!

Love one another gently.

A real dog, beloved and therefore pampered by his mistress, is a lamentable spectacle. He suffers from fatty degeneration of his moral being.

Death by hanging... well, in view of the whole situation, I never expected anything different. It's all right.

I did not, however, commit suicide, because I wished to know more of mathematics.

You can't just wish to be a millionaire; you have to figure out how to earn it.

“It is Fate that I am here,” persisted George. “But you can call it Italy if it makes you less unhappy.”

If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed.

Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.