161 Quotes by Thomas Hood

Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought to burn.

When was ever honey made with one bee in a hive?

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.

A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled.

O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.

The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago.

Peace and rest at length have come, All the day's long toil is past; And each heart is whispering, "Home, Home at last!"

Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.

One more Unfortunate, / Weary of breath, / Rashly importunate, / Gone to her death. Take her up tenderly, / Lift her with care; / Fashioned so slenderly, / Young, and so fair!