Humility is the secret of the wise.

The law of nature is alternation for evermore. Each electrical state superinduces the opposite.

Activity is contagious.

Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear.

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to be strong only in her children.

There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.