It dawns no sooner for one's early rising. Port. Pr.
It exalteth a man from earthly things to love those that are heavenly. Thomas à Kempis.
It happens as with cages, the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out. Montaigne.
It happens to men of learning as to ears of corn; they shoot up and raise their heads high while they are empty; but when full and swelled with grain, they begin to flag and droop. (?)
It has been well said that our anxiety does 10 not empty to-morrow of its sorrows, but only empties to-day of its strength. Spurgeon.
It is a bad trade that of censor; he is sure to incur the hatred of those he censures, without finding them improved by the correction. Guy Patin.
It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that he thinks no evil of the object loved. Longfellow.
It is a beggarly conception to judge as if poetry should always be capable of a prose rendering. John Morley.
It is a brave act of valour to contemn death; but when life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valour to dare to live. Sir T. Browne.
It is a characteristic of true genius to disturb 15 all settled ideas. Goethe.