—George Eliot.
Do not discharge in haste the arrow which can never return: it is easy to destroy happiness; most difficult to restore it.
—Herder.
Disappointment should always be taken as a stimulant, and never viewed as a discouragement.
—C. B. Newcomb.
In all the crowded Universe
There is but one stupendous word: Love.
There is no tree that rears its crest,
No fern or flower that cleaves the sod
Nor bird that sings above its nest,