Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best.

Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony, perfection, imagination, purity, correctness. The greatest writer of all times. God's most astonishing creation.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

How many years must a man do nothing, before he can at all know what is to be done and how to do it!

A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.

Action has magic, grace and power in it.

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.