You and I ought not to die before we have explained ourselves to each other.
The duties of man consist in alternate action and meditation, mutually aiding and relieving each other; and both, directed with undeviating aim, to the progressive improvement of himself and his fellow creatures.
My wants are many, and, if told,
Would muster many a score;
And were each wish a mint of gold,
I still would want for more.
Welcome to my library! Ever since my high school days, books and magazines have been to my mind what friends are in the flesh. Each and every one of these books and articles-- a fraction of the 12,000 volumes that I share my house with-- has contributed to expanding my dream.
In his own way each man must struggle, lest the moral law become a far-off abstraction utterly separated from his active life.
Great souls by instinct to each other turn,
Demand alliance, and in friendship burn
Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other.
Unbounded courage and compassion join'd,
Tempering each other in the victor's mind,
Alternately proclaim him good and great,
And make the hero and the man complete.
Loveliest of women! heaven is in thy soul,
Beauty and virtue shine forever round thee,
Bright'ning each other! thou art all divine!
