Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!

They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer.

Every man has a paradise around him till he sins, and the angel of an accusing conscience drives him from his Eden.

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

Authors must not, like Chinese soldiers, expect to win victories by turning somersets in the air.

The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark

Thinking the deed, and not the creed, Would help us in our utmost need.