One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity - Holy — as it was lit and lent thee here.

I have unlearned contempt; it is a sin that is engendered earliest in the soul, and doth beset it like a poison worm feeding on all its beauty.

Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!

Like Melrose Abbey, large cities should especially be viewed by moonlight.

Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.

Fine taste is an aspect of genius itself, and is the faculty of delicate appreciation, which makes the best effects of art our own.

Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.