Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Like a french poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; often in a wooden house a golden room we find. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Build today, then strong and sure, with a firm and ample base; and ascending and secure. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow