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For every bad thing in life, there are more good things to tip the balance.
For every bad thing in life, there are more good things to tip the balance.
Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten read more
Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.
There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which read more
There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love.
"Farewell!"
For in that word--that fatal word--howe'er
We promise--hope--believe--there breathes despair.
"Farewell!"
For in that word--that fatal word--howe'er
We promise--hope--believe--there breathes despair.
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope.
A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope.
The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Know then, whatever cheerful and serene
Supports the mind, supports the body too:
Hence, the most vital read more
Know then, whatever cheerful and serene
Supports the mind, supports the body too:
Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel
Is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake. -Matthew Prior.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake. -Matthew Prior.