In time there is no present, In eternity no future, In eternity no past.

Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long

if you don't concentrate on what you are doing then the thing that you are doing is not what you are thinking.

Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.

Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory.

I can't sleep without knowing there's hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, for the lips... the eyes. For the meeting of tomorrow.

But while I breathe Heaven's air and Heaven looks down on me, And smiles at my best meanings, I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul.