William Wordsworth

"Our continued existence is a continued miracle."

"The human soul yearns for the infinite."

"In truth, the prison-house begins to close upon the growing boy."

"Strength is nothing in the absence of virtue."

"Every gift of noble origin is a shadow of the Almighty."

"The happy man is he whose place is fixed on solid ground."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"Fear is the parent of cruelty."

"The past is the prison-house of the past."

"Freedom is not purchased by any price."

"Hope is the dream of the soul awake."

"To be young is to sit with one hand upon an infinite distance."

"The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend."

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"In sleep what visions come to us!"

"The shortest of roads to wisdom is through humility."

"Every noble life leaves the fiber of it interwoven forever in the work of the world."

"Music is the universal language of mankind."

"We live by admiration, hope, and love."

"The very pulse of the machine is sympathy."

"Silent nooks by correspondence feel the beating of the heart."

"The plot of man unfolds according to higher laws than we perceive."

"Where questions of style and etiquette exist, manners shall govern."

"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."

"Sorrow is the great teacher of mankind."

"In joy or sadness, the human spirit reaches toward transcendence."

"The fountain of wisdom flows from the heart."

"Mercy endures through the ages."

"The truth lies beyond the grasp of language."

"Ambition's ladder requires many steps."