Thought and theory must precede all action, that moves to salutary purposes. Yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
The child is the father of man.
Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
Take the sweet poetry of life away, and what remains behind?
The child shall become father to the man.
Myriads of daisies have shone forth in flower Near the lark's nest, and in their natural hour Have passed away; less happy than the one That by the unwilling ploughshare died to prove The tender charm of poetry and love.