I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything

Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.

"Some persons hold," he pursued, still hesitating, "that there is a wisdom of the Head, and that there is a wisdom of the Heart..."

Man," said the Ghost, "if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered What the surplus is, and Where it is. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?

Christmas may not bring a single thing; still, it gives me a song to sing.

I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me.

The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.