Thou hast great allies; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind.

Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away.

Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters.

Once did She hold the gorgeous east in fee; And was the safeguard of the west: the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Li…

A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity. A strong and deep mind has two highest tides - when the moon is at the full, and when there is …

It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

Alice had managed to get herself back under some sort of control, but it was thin. Thin enough to read a newspaper through, his bingo-playing mother might have…