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

It is true, that it is not at all necessary to love many books, in order to love them much.

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

Sail on ship of state, sail on, I union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, with all its hopes of future years, is hanging on thy fate!

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution.

Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find yourselves.