There is nothing by which men display their character so much as in what they consider ridiculous... Fools and sensible men are equally innocuous. It is in the half fools and the half wise that the great danger lies.

In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.

It will be! the mass is working clearer! Conviction gathers, truer, nearer! The mystery which for Man in Nature lies We dare to test, by knowledge led; And that which she was wont to organize We crystallize, instead.

We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies

Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.

Don't feel guilty if you don't immediately love your stepchildren as you do your own, or as much as you think you should. Everyoneneeds time to adjust to the new family, adults included. There is no such thing as an "instant parent." Actually, no concrete object lies outside of the poetic sphere as long as the poet knows how to use the object properly.

Hatred is a heavy burden. It sinks the heart deep in the breast, and lies like a tombstone on all joys.

The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness; but the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.