 Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. |
| Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. |
| I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots. |
| One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. |
| And say my glory was I had such friends. |
| Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. |
| Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made, scorn the sort now growing up all out of shape from toe to top. |
| How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. |
| Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame! |
| All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. |
| I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right. |
| I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera. |
| To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it at school - women must labor to be beautiful. |
| Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. |
| Man can embody truth but he cannot know it. |
| Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing. |
| The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober. |
| Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. |
| A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love. |
| I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age. |
