It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat and drenched by the rain of life.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowIt was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, - always do what you are afraid to do.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowIt is true, that it is not at all necessary to love many books, in order to love them much.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowWhat child has a heart to sing in this capricious clime of ours, when spring comes sailing in from the sea, with wet and heavy cloud-sails and the misty pennon of the east-wind nailed to the mast.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowSome feelings are quite untranslatable; no language has yet been found for them. They gleam upon us beautifully through the dim twilight of fancy, and yet when we bring them close to us, and hold them up to the light of reason, lose their beauty all at once, as glow worms which gleam with such a spiritual light in the shadows of evening, when brought in where the candles are lighted, are found to be only worms like so many others.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow