Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.

One day, in the San Francisco walk, he came upon some badly painted figures and observed that good painters imitate nature but bad ones vomit it forth.

By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'.

Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.

Everything disturbs an absent lover.

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.