When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.

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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For...

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For...

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their...

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their...

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of...

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of...

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble...

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble...

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused...

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused...

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures,...

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures,...

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it...

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it...

Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the...

Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the...

To every lovely lady bright, I wish a gallant faithful knight; To every faithful lover,...

To every lovely lady bright, I wish a gallant faithful knight; To every faithful lover,...

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on...

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on...

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many...

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many...