If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.

Some folk want their luck buttered.