Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.

The men that women marry, And why they marry them, will always be A marvel and a mystery to the world.

Welcome, Disappointment! Thy hand is cold and hard, but it is the hand of a friend. Thy voice is stern and harsh, but it is the voice of a friend. Oh, there is something sublime in calm endurance, something sublime in the resolute, fixed purpose of suffering without complaining, which makes disappointment oftentimes better than success!

In the mouths of many men soft words are like roses that soldiers put into the muzzles of their muskets on holidays.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

It is autumn; not without But within me is the cold. Youth and spring are all about; It is I that have grown old.