Love is a flame to set the will on fire

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.

Life, a beauty chased by tragic laughter.

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.

People who leave their own time out of their work cannot be surprised if their time fails to find them interesting.

And he who gives a child a treat Makes joy-bells ring in Heaven's street, And he who gives a child a home Builds palaces in Kingdom come, And she who gives a baby birth Brings Saviour Christ again to Earth.

The luck will alter and the star will rise.