In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.

Up! up! my friend, and quit your books, Or surely you 'll grow double! Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks! Why all this toil and trouble?

The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.

Wisdom sits with children round her knees.

We Poets in our youth begin in gladness; But thereof come in the end despondency and madness.

Wisdom and spirit of the Universe!