The sickening pang of hope deferr'd.

The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

In the name of God!" said Gurth, "how came they prisoners? and to whom?" "Our master was too ready to fight," said the Jester, "and Athelstane was not ready enough, and no other person was ready at all.

There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.

Look at a gown of gold, and you will at least get a sleeve of it.