The soul of man createth its own destiny of power; and as the trial is intenser here, his being hath a nobler strength in heaven.

One gets, sensitive about losing mornings after getting a little used to them with living in a country. Each one of these endlessly varied daybreaks is an opera but once performed.

A flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away.

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness.

Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.

Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!

It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes, And pleasant scents the noses.

I knelt, and with the fervor of a lip unused to the cool breath of reason, told my love.

Like Melrose Abbey, large cities should especially be viewed by moonlight.

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.

The taste forever refines in the study of women.

Don't die without fulfilling your purpose.

Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.

Till that word can be dug out of us, why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?

Maternal instinct, merely as an instinct, is unworthy of our superstitious reverence.

One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.

So much of parenting is following your instincts, and taking the time to actually know your child.

The idea that any president represents the world, by definition the United States must be diminished for that to happen.

There is more to loving someone than just making yourself happy. You have to want him to be happier than you are.

I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I responded, "I guess it's hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances.

Only men of character are trusted.