The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

Of all the portions of life it is in the two twilights, childhood and age, that tears fall with the most frequency; like the dew at dawn and eve.

Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.

Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

The most terrible of all things is terror.