Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

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

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

On his bold visage middle age Had slightly press'd its signet sage, Yet had not quench'd the open truth And fiery vehemence of youth: Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare.

Spangling the wave with lights as vain As pleasures in the vale of pain, That dazzle as they fade.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

The lover's pleasure, like that of the hunter, is in the chase, and the brightest beauty loses half its merit, as the flower its perfume, when the willing hand can reach it too easily. There must be doubt; there must be difficulty and danger.