Archly the maiden smiled, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, 'Why don't you speak for yourself, John?'

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Laughter Quotes

Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.

Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining; Thy...

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining; Thy...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind...

They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind...

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each...

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each...

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such...

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such...

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the...

The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the...

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime

Youth comes but once in a lifetime

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find...

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...