Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.