Gentleman is a term which does not apply to any station, but to the mind and the feelings in every station.
Thomas Noon TalfourdIt is a little thing to speak a phrase of common comfort, which by daily use has almost lost its sense; yet on the ear of him who thought to die unmourned it will fall like choicest music.
Thomas Noon TalfourdThe mysteries of Nature and of humanity are not lessened, but increased, by the discoveries of philosophic skill.
Thomas Noon TalfourdTis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.
Thomas Noon Talfourd