“She is not fair to outward viewAs many maidens be;Her loveliness I never knewUntil she smiled on me.Oh! then I saw her eye was bright,A well of love, a spring of light.”

“All thoughts all passions all delights Whatever stirs this mortal frame All are but ministers of Love And feed his sacred flame.”

“A mother is a mother still The holiest thing alive.”

“No man was ever yet a great poet without at the same time being a profound philosopher.”

“Alone alone all all alone Alone on a wide wide sea.”

“Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing.”

“Lost Time is never found again.”

“How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.”

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”