The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.
That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.
For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.