No man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle--the sheet anchor o...f American republicanism.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A man's real faith is never contained in his creed, nor is his creed an article of his faith. The last is never adopted. This it i...s that permits him to smile ever, and to live even as bravely as he does. And yet he clings anxiously to his creed, as to a straw, thinking that that does him good service because his sheet anchor does not drag.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The coward wants resolution, which the brave man can do without. He recognizes no faith above a creed, thinking this straw by whic...h he is moored does him good service, because his sheet anchor does not drag.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Bring me an axe and spade, Bring me a winding-sheet;... When I my grave have made Let winds and tempests beat: Then down I'll lie as cold as clay. True love doth pass away!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Few, few shall part, where many meet! The snow shall be their winding sheet,... And every turf, beneath their feet, Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Pale and pinched-up faces hovered about the windows where was tempting food; hungry eyes wandered over the profusion guarded by on...e thin sheet of brittle glass--an iron wall to them; half-naked shivering figures stopped to gaze at Chinese shawls and golden stuffs of India.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »