There is something in us that can be without us, and will be after us, though indeed it hath no history of what it was before us, and cannot tell how it entered into us.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

The storm stops at the door. Love reigns, peace dwells.

As always, one of her books was next to her.

Don't complain it's too cold now if you also intend to whine about how hot it is when summer comes. It's just hypocritical.

What a selfish boy you are. You wished for the world but all you received were the skies.

I think the socialist movement, by removing many, many people from grinding stagnation and poverty and overwork, does enable people not just to lead better lives but to be better people.

One catches more flies with a spoonful of honey that with twenty casks of vinegar.

People are always expecting to get peace in heaven: but you know whatever peace they get there will be ready-made. Whatever making of peace they can be blest for, must be on the earth here.

The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish.

Of all the fair resort of gentlemen That every day with parle encounter me, In thy opinion which is worthiest love?

Hit them where they ain't.