'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ All the heart and the soul and the senses Forever in joy!

I do what many dream of, all their lives, --Dream? strive to do, and agonize to do, And fail in doing. I could count twenty such On twice your fingers, and not…

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture!

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. He who is endowed with it may perform either very great actions or very bad ones; all depends upon the prin…

We are defined by how we use our power.

He had never disagreed with anyone in his life, no matter how unfairly they may have treated him. He preferred to swallow his tears, suppress his anger and bit…