Thee Quotes - Page 4

I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.

One of my favourite quotations is: 'That which thy father bequeathed thee, earn it anew, if thou wouldst possess it.'

With thee conversing I forget all time.

O Solitude! If I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap of murky buildings

Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do.

Since word is thrall, and thought is free, Keep well thy tongue, I counsel thee.

I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

Yet while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all in thee.

To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!

Repeat not the manner of a flirtation; for lo, all the world shall hear of it, and women will taunt thee.

If thou be rich, strive to command thy money, lest it command thee.

Thou wilt go now, rabbit. But I go with thee. As long as there is one of us there is both of us.

Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.

Let thy vices die before thee.

We love but while we may; And therefore is my love so large for thee, Seeing it is not bounded save by love.

We meet thee, like a pleasant thought, When such are wanted.

Be as just and gracious unto me, As I am confident and kind to thee.

One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it.

Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude.

Hold the fleet angel fast until he bless thee.

Severally on the occasion of everything that thou doest, pause and ask thyself, if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives thee of this.

All things are in the act of change; thou thyself in ceaseless transformation and partial decay, and the whole universe with thee.

Be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee and thy being.