All brave men love for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

All brave men love for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.