It is not true that a man's intellectual power is, like the strength of a timber beam, to be measured by its weakest point.

Let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler; but let my soul be as a temple of remembrance where the treasures of knowledge enter and the inner sanctuary is hope.

Music sweeps by me as a messenger - Carrying a message that is not for me

People who live at a distance are naturally less faulty than those immediately under our own eyes.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

I would not creep along the coast but steer Out in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars.

If a woman's young and pretty, I think you can see her good looks all the better for her being plainly dressed.