Men, Like Musical Instruments, Seem Made To

A Failure Establishes Only This, That Our Determination To Succeed Was Not Strong Enough.

What Is Taken From The Fortune, Also, May Haply Be So Much Lifted From The Soul. The Greatness Of A Loss, As The Proverb Suggests, Is Determinable, Not So Much By What We Have Lost, As By What We Have Left.

Women Seldom Forfeit Their Claims To Respect To Men Whom They Respect.

It Is Easier To Die Bravely Than To Live So.

The Activity Of The Young Is Like That Of Railcars In Motion--they Tear Along With Noise And Turmoil, And Leave Peace Behind Them. The Quietest Nooks, Invaded By Them, Lose Their Quietude As They Pass, And Recover It Only On Their Departure.