The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers...but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds.
Thomas W Higginson
Let us forever forget that every station in life is necessarily that each deserves our respect; that not the station itself; but the worthy fulfillment of its duties does honor the man.
Mary Lyon
He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Numbers 63 Bible Hebrew
The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves if we are underlings.
Shakespeare
O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
Othello
Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.
Psalms 133 Bible
Bubble, bubble, flows the stream
Like an old tune through a dream.
Maurice Thompson
To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
In an information world where we all have someday to say it is important to remember that sometimes we need to listen.