"Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. ... And the choice goes by forever t'wixt that darkness and that light."
- James Russell Lowell
"In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes or when she'll say to thee "I find thee worthy do this deed for me?""
"Truth forever on the scaffold. Wrong forever on the throne."
"Ez for war I call it murder - There you hev it plain and flat I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment for that."
"Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise That he goes the farthest who goes far enough."
"The question of commonsense is always "what is it good for?" - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage."
"Earth's noblest thing a Woman perfected."
"No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him there is always work And tools to work withal for those who will And blessed are the horny hands of toil!"
"The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen."
"Truth forever on the scaffold wrong forever on the throne."