The accusing spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in; and the recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out for ever. Sterne.
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step towards repairing our loss. Thomas à Kempis.
The actual well seen is the ideal. Carlyle.
The advice that is wanted is commonly unwelcome; that which is not wanted is evidently impertinent. Johnson.
The affection of young ladies is of as rapid 35 growth as Jack's beanstalk, and reaches up to the sky in a night. Thackeray.
The afflictions of earth exalt the spirit and lift the soul to God. Tiedge.
The age made no sign when Shakespeare, its noblest son, passed away. Willmott.
The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. Burke.
The age of curiosity, like that of chivalry, is ended, properly speaking, gone. Yet perhaps only gone to sleep. Carlyle.
The age of great men is going; the epoch of 40 the anthill, of life in multiplicity, is beginning. Amiel.