Revenge...is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion. Jeremy Taylor on revenge
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. Jeremy Taylor on wisdom
Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings And children's faces looking up Holding wonder like a cup. Sara Teasdale on life
When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth. Sara Teasdale on wisdom
Ah! curst ambition! to thy lures we o Teckell on ambition
A bird in the hand is safer thantwo overhead. All courageous animals are carnivorous, and greater courage is to be expected in a people, such as the English, whose food is strong and hearty, than in the half starved commonalty of other countries. William Temple on age
Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it. William Temple on health
Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. William Temple on human
The greatest pleasure of life is love. William Temple on love
Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams? Alfred Tennyson on dreams
All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move. Alfred Lord Tennyson on experience
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. Alfred Lord Tennyson on honesty
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Alfred Lord Tennyson on love
And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men. Alfred Lord Tennyson on nature