It is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.

Born On The Bayou

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.