In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained; Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee, "I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?"

Fastidiousness is only another word for egotism; and all men who know not where to look for truth save in the narrow well of self will find their own image at the bottom, and mistake it for what they are seeking.

And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

Life may be given in many ways, and loyalty to truth be sealed as bravely in the closet as the field.

That love for one, from which there doth not spring Wide love for all, is but a worthless thing.