A fiery chariot, borne on buoyant pinions, Sweeps near me now! I soon shall ready be To pierce the ther's high, unknown dominions, To reach new spheres of pure activity!

A good man, through obscurest aspirations Has still an instinct of the one true way.

A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.

A man's errors are what make him amiable.

A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.

A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd by that way Light footed, pretty and so gay; That way she came, Soft ...

A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured.

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.