Poets are far rarer birds than kings.

A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

Every true reader could, even if not one new book were published, spend decades and centuries studying on, fighting on, continuing to rejoice in the treasure of those already at hand.

Dictionaries are like watches. The worst is better than none at all and even the best cannot be expected to run quite true.

We are but dust and shadows.

The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.

The left-wing, which consists of armoured and motorized forces and has no enemy in front of it, will be stopped dead in its tracks upon direct order from the Fuhrer.

The state lies in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it says, it lies-and whatever it has, it has stolen.

Everything we put in and on our bodies must be nutritious and safe.

I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating.

Gossip is the social mosquito.