The king can drink the best of wine -So can I;And has enough when he would dine -So have I;And can not order rain or shine -Nor can I.Then where's the difference - let me see -Betwixt my lord the king and me?

There is scarcely an occurrence in nature which, happening at a certain time, is not looked upon by some persons as a prognosticator either of good or evil. The latter are in the greatest number, so much more ingenious are we in tormenting ourselves than in discovering reasons for enjoyment in the things that surround us.

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.

Water is the mother of the vine, the nurse and fountain of fecundity, the adorner and refresher of the world.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Tell me, ye wingèd winds That round my pathway roar, Know ye not some spot Where mortals weep no more?

There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise so shall his life be taken away before he knoweth that he hath it.