“Silence does not always mark wisdom.”

“Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.”

“Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.”

“Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.”

“Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.”

“An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high; But oh! more horrible than that Is the curse in a dead man's eye! Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, And yet I could not...”

“The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I.”