May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books.

All men, if they work not as in the great taskmaster's eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for you.

Professors of the Dismal Science, I perceive the length of your tether is now pretty well run; and I must request you to talk a little lower in the future.

All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls!

Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.

For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.

One monster there is in the world, the idle man.