Who is it needs such flawless shafts as fate? What archer of his arrows is so choice, or hits the white so surely?
Not suffering, but faint heart, is worst of woes.
No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.
Earth's biggest country 's gut her soul, An' risen up earth's greatest nation.
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.
Comparative criticism teaches us that moral and aesthetic defects are more nearly related than is commonly supposed.