He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt.
Walter Savage LandorWe must distinguish between felicity and prosperity; for prosperity leads often to ambition, and ambition to disappointment; the course is then over, the wheel turns round but once, while the reaction of goodness and happiness is perpetual.
Walter Savage LandorI warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
Walter Savage Landor