Be still sad heart and cease repining Behind the clouds the sun is shining Thy fate is the common fate of all Into each life some rain must fall - Some days must be dark and dreary.
Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
The day is done, and the darknessFalls from the wings of Night,As a feather is wafted downwardFrom an eagle in his flight.I see the lights of the villageGleam through the rain and the mist,And a feeli...
If you would hit the mark you must aim a little above it: Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
Go forth to meet the shadowy Future without fear and with a manly heart.
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice...
Oh the long and dreary Winter! Oh the cold and cruel Winter!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Being all fashioned of the self-same dust. Let us be merciful as well as just.
Let us then be up and doing with a heart for any fate.
How sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.
I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.
A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
This is the forest primeval.
Tomorrow is the mysterious unknown guest.
Silently one by one in the infinite meadows of heaven Blossomed the lovely stars the forget-me-nots of the angels.
Be noble in every thought And in every deed!