Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

No man ever feels the restraint of law so long as he remains within the sphere of his liberty -- a sphere, by the way, always large enough for the full exercise of his powers and the supply of all his legitimate wants.

Ah! soul of mine! Ah! soul of mine! Thy sluggish senses are but bars That stand between thee and the stars, And shut thee from the world divine.

A woman in love is a very poor judge of character.

There are crowds who trample a flower into the dust without thinking once that they have one of the sweetest thoughts of God under their heel.

I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose.

It is by work that man carves his way to that measure of power which will fit him for his destiny.