Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

For men must work and women must weep, And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep.

What I want is, not to possess religion, but to have a religion that shall possess me.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

The Water Babies "Young and Old" When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round the world away: Young blood must have its course, lad, And every dog his day.

The Invitation, To Tom Highes What we can we will be, Honest Englishmen. Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles, Helping, when we meet them, Lame dogs over stiles.

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.