Great Throughts Treasury

"The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide; but the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side."

"Be silent and safe - silence never betrays you."

"Who heeds not experience, trust him not."

"How shall I a habit break? As you did that habit make, As you gathered, you must lose; As you yielded, now refuse, Thread by thread the strands we twist Till they bind us neck and wrist, Thread by thread the patient hand Must untwine ere free we stand."

"The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave."

"What is good” I asked in a musing mood. Order, said the law court; Knowledge said the school; Truth, said the wise man; Pleasure, said the fool; Love, said the maiden; Beauty, said the sage. Fame, said the soldier; Equity, said the seer. Spoke my heart sadly: “The answer is not here.” then within my bosom softly this I heard: “Each heart holds the secret: Kindness is the word.”"