The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.

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Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...

One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man...

One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man...

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument...

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument...

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly...

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be...

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be...

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.