O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

The object of ambition, unlike that of love, never being wholly possessed, ambition is the more durable passion of the two.

Alone!-that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!

There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood.

What a rare gift, by the by, is that of manners! how difficult to define, how much more difficult to impart! Better for a man to possess them than wealth, beauty, or talent; they will more than supply all.

What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth! The passions are not stronger, but the control over them is weaker! They are more easily excited, they are more violent and apparent; but they have less energy, less durability, less intense and concentrated power than in maturer life.

When the soul communes with itself the lip is silent.