Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

Time is, after all, the greatest of poets; and the sons of Memory stand a better chance of being the heirs of Fame.

Light is the symbol of truth.

Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame; Ev'y thin' thet' s done inhuman Injers all on 'em the same.

To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism.