How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!

Blindness

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, dungeon or beggary, or decrepit age! Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct, and all her various objects of delight annulled, which might in part my grief have eased. Inferior to the vilest now become of man or worm; the vilest here excel me, they creep, yet see; I, dark in light, exposed to daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, within doors, or without, still as a fool, in power of others, never in my own; scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half.

Books and Reading

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Character

He that has light within his own clear breast may sit in the center, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun;

Communication

Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

Death and Dying

Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.

Fame

Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.

Home

Our country is where ever we are well off.

Leaders and Leadership

A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns.

Melancholy

Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!

Prayer

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Revenge

And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.

Self-control

He who reins within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king

Temptation

Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.

Wives

Those graceful acts, those thousand decencies, that daily flow from all her words and actions, mixed with love and sweet compliance, which declare unfeigned union of mind, or in us both one soul.