Where fall the tears of love the rose appears, And where the ground is bright with friendship's tears, Forget-me-not, and violets, heavenly blue, Spring glittering with the cheerful drops like dew.

Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.

When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.

Obeying an inalienable law, things grew, spreading riotous and strange in their instinct for growth.

Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.

The Divine Perfections. How shall I praise th' eternal God, That Infinite Unknown? Who can ascend his high abode, Or venture near his throne? The great invisible! He dwells Conceal'd in dazzling light: But his all-searching eye reveals The secrets of the night. Those watchful eyes that never sleep, Survey the world around; His wisdom is the boundless deep, Where all our thoughts are drown'd. He knows no shadow of a change, Nor alters his decrees; Firm as a rock his truth remains, To guard his promises. Justice, upon a dreadful throne, Maintains the rights of God; While mercy sends her pardons down, Bought with a Saviour's blood. Now to my soul immortal King, Speak some forgiving word; Then `twill be double joy to sing The glories of my Lord.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea; An' what he thought 'e might require, 'E went an' took--the same as me.

Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils.

Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.

All mankind loves a lover.

He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.

Ignorance wavers between extreme audacity and extreme shyness.

Or did the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek.

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

Hope is the physician of each misery.

Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.

getting soaked (as in cheated).