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

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

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

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

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...

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

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

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

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal...

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal...

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

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

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

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

Be still, sad heart! And cease repining; behind the clouds is the sun still shining;...

Be still, sad heart! And cease repining; behind the clouds is the sun still shining;...

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...

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers...

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers...

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping...

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping...

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with...

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with...

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.