True change takes place in the imagination.

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Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.

Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.

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...

When we allow ourselves to exist truly and fully, we sting the world with our...

When we allow ourselves to exist truly and fully, we sting the world with our...

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

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

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

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

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

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

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.

Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.

Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves...

Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves...

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...

While mantling on the maiden's cheek Young roses kindled into thought.

While mantling on the maiden's cheek Young roses kindled into thought.

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.