There is scarcely a single joy or sorrow within the experience of our fellow-creatures which we have not tasted; yet the belief, in the good and beautiful has never forsaken us. It has been medicine to us in sickness, richness in poverty, and the best part of all that ever delighted us in health and success.
Leigh HuntWhen moral courage feels that it is in the right, there is no personal daring of which it is incapable.
Leigh HuntThe more sensible a woman is, supposing her not to be masculine, the more attractive she is in her proportionate power to entertain.
Leigh HuntIt flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream, And times and things, as in that vision, seem Keeping along it their eternal stands.
Leigh HuntStolen sweets are always sweeter, Stolen kisses much completer, Stolen looks are nice in chapels, Stolen, stolen be your apples.
Leigh Hunt