“I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich.”

“Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.”

“If I should go before the rest of youBreak not a flower nor inscribe a stone, Nor when I'm gone speak in a Sunday voice But be the usual selves that I have known. Weep if you must, Parting is hell, But life goes on, So sing as well.”

“I have perceived much beauty In the hoarse oaths that kept our courage straight; Heard music in the silentness of duty; Found peace where shell-storms spouted reddest spate.”

“Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily diguised as Chaos.”

“The more words you know, the more clearly and powerfully you will think...and the more ideas you will invite into your mind.”

“And you have fixed my life — however short. You did not light me: I was always a mad comet; but you have fixed me. I spun round you a satellite for a month, but I shall swing out soon, a dark star in the orbit where you will blaze.”