Under the strain of this conti...

Under the strain of this continually impending doom and by the sleeplessness to which I now condemned myself, ay, even beyond what I had thought possible to man, I became, in my own person, a creature eaten up and emptied by fever, languidly weak both in body and mind, and solely occupied by one thought: the horror of my other self.

O wind, a-blowing all day long...

O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song!

Some places speak distinctly. ...

Some places speak distinctly. Certain dark gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for shipwreck.

A child should always say what...

A child should always say what's true, And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table: At least as far as he is able.

When Christ came into my life,...

When Christ came into my life, I came about like a well-handled ship.

I believe in an ultimate decen...

I believe in an ultimate decency of things.

There is a certain frame of mi...

There is a certain frame of mind to which a cemetery is, if not an antidote, at least an alleviation. If you are in a fit of the blues, go nowhere else.

The problem of education is tw...

The problem of education is twofold: first to know, and then to utter. Everyone who lives any semblance of an inner life thinks more nobly and profoundly than he speaks.

Doubtless the world is quite r...

Doubtless the world is quite right in a million ways; but you have to be kicked about a little to convince you of the fact.

Hope looks for unqualified suc...

Hope looks for unqualified success; but Faith counts certainly on failure, and takes honorable defeat to be a form of victory.

If you want a person's faults,...

If you want a person's faults, go to those who love him. They will not tell you, but they know.

Everyday life is a stimulating...

Everyday life is a stimulating mixture of order and haphazardry. The sun rises and sets on schedule but the wind bloweth where it listeth.

If a man lives to any consider...

If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his youth a deal more bitterly and with a more genuine intonation.

There can be no fairer ambitio...

There can be no fairer ambition than to excel in talk; to be affable, gay, ready, clear, and welcome.

To have suffered ... sets a ke...

To have suffered ... sets a keen edge on what remains of the agreeable. This is a great truth and has to be learned in the fire.

Wealth I ask not, hope nor lov...

Wealth I ask not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I seek, the heaven above And the road below me.

Trusty, dusky, vivid, true,

Trusty, dusky, vivid, true,
With eyes of gold and bramble-dew,
Steel-true and blade-straight,
The great artificer made my mate.

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Friends: People who know you w...

Friends: People who know you well, but like you anyway.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

...those little people, my bro...

...those little people, my brownies, who do one half of my work for me while I am fast asleep, and in all human likelihood do the rest for me as well, when I am wide awake and fondly suppose I do for myself.

I wish these flies would piss ...

I wish these flies would piss off.