“Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.”

“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight,but they, while their companions slept,were toiling upward in the night.”

“Ah! What would the world be to usIf the children were no more?We should dread the desert behind usWorse than the dark before.”

“To charm, to strengthen, and to teach: these are the three great chords of might.”

“When thou are not pleased, beloved,Then my heart is sad and darkened,As the shining river darkensWhen the clouds drop shadows on it!When thou smilest, my beloved,Then my troubled heart is brightened,As in sunshine gleam the ripplesThat the cold wind makes in rivers.”

“My soul is full of longingfor the secret of the sea,and the heart of the great oceansends a thrilling pulse through me.”

“Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts.”