926 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fortune comes well to all that comes not late.

To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown guest, Who cries to me: "Remember Barmecide, And tremble to be happy with the rest." And I make answer: "I am satisfied; I dare not ask; I know not what is best; God hath already said what shall betide.

The world loves a spice of wickedness.

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do."The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.

Let the dead Past bury its dead!

All your strength is in union, all your danger is in discord.

How like they are to human things!

Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.

The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable.