The parting of a husband and wife is like the cleaving of a heart; one half will flutter here, one there.

Men may come and men may go but I go on forever.

That tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew.

It is unconceivable that the whole Universe was merely created for us who live in this third-rate planet of a third-rate moon.

Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs the deep.