I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.
The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Love’s gentle spring doth always fresh remain
Nothing can come of nothing.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
For I can raise no money by vile means.
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.
Steal love’s sweet bait from fearful hooks.
The wheel is come full circle.
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.
The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.
It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.
I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world.