The social, friendly, honest man, / Whate'er he be, / 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, / And none but he. Burns.
The society of women is the element of good 5 manners. Goethe.
The soldier's trade, verily and essentially, is not slaying, but being slain ... and the reason the world honours the soldier is because he holds his life at the service of the state. Ruskin.
The soldier's ultimate and perennial office is to punish knaves and make idle persons work; the defence of his country against other countries, which is his office at present, will soon now be extinct. Ruskin.
The sole terms on which the past can become ours are its subordination to the present. Emerson.
The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Jesus.
The song that we hear with our ears is only 10 the song that is sung with our hearts. Ouida.
The sorest tempest has the most sudden calm. Socrates.
The sorrow of Yesterday is as nothing; that of To-day is bearable; but that of To-morrow is gigantic, because indistinct. Euripides.
The sorrowfulest of fates is to have liberty without deserving it. Ruskin.