12 quotes
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
Tell me, ye that strive in vain to cramp and dwarf the soul,
Wherefore should it cease to be, and when shall essence die?
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
Wait, thou child of hope, for Time shall teach thee all things.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
Who can wrestle against Sleep? — Yet is that giant very gentleness.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundless
And the choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
Clamorous pauperism feasteth
While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure,
Crowned by consenting nations peerless queen of gayety:
She laugheth at the wrath of Ocean, she mocketh the fury of Vesuvius,
She spurneth disease, and misery, and famine, that crowd her sunny streets.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil;
In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish;
For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth;
Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love in all he doeth,
Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume:
The wicked work their woe by looking upon love, and hating it:
The righteous find their joys in yearning on its loveliness for ever.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
O fair, false city, thou gay and gilded harlot!
Wo for thy wanton heart, wo for thy wicked hardness!
Wo unto thee, that the lightsomeness of life, beneath Italian suns,
Should meet the solemnity of death, in a sepulchre so foul and fearful!
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)