We are all wise for other people, none for himself.
No love can be bound by oath or covenant to secure it against a higher love.
What you set your heart upon, surely shall be yours.
Men seek to be great; they would have offices, wealth, power, and fame. They think that to be great is to possess one side of nature,--the sweet, without the other side,--the bitter.
Talent may frolic and juggle; genius realizes and adds.
The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.