The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.

What is part of you, you cannot get rid of, even if you were to throw it away.

What makes poetry? A full heart, brimful of one noble passion.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

Tomorrow sees undone, what happens not to-day; Still forward press, nor never tire! The possible, with steadfast trust, Resolve should be by the forelock grasp. Then she will ne'er let go her clasp, And labors on, because she must.

The greatest happiness for the thinking person is to have explored the explorable and to venerate in equanimity that which cannotbe explored.

It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.