Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother

I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since.

Such a house broke? So noble a master fall'n; all gone, and not One friend to take his fortune by the arm And go along with him?

The worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.'

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.