926 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

How far the gulf-stream of our youth may flow Into the arctic regions of our lives, Where little else than life itself survives.

To charm, to strengthen, and to teach: these are the three great chords of might.

No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead.

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding.

Authors must not, like Chinese soldiers, expect to win victories by turning somersets in the air.

And the bright faces of my young companions Are wrinkled like my own, or are no more.

Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!

The secret anniversaries of the heart.

My designs and labors and aspirations are my only friends.