Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.
Romanticism is beauty without bounds-the beautiful infinite.
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.
It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.