Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.

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Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.

Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the...

The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the...

It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.

It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to...

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to...

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.

No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

Family life is full of major and minor crises -- the ups and downs of...

Family life is full of major and minor crises -- the ups and downs of...

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rougue to retire upon.

A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rougue to retire upon.

This is the right time, and this is the right thing.

This is the right time, and this is the right thing.

Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have...

Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have...

True change takes place in the imagination.

True change takes place in the imagination.

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt.

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt.

And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again.

And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again.