Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it

Over this country, when the giant Eagle flings the shadow of his wing, the land is darkened. So compact is it that the wing covers all its extent in one pause of the flight. The sea breaks on the pale line of the shore; to the Eagle's …

I am asking you again to marry me as I did a fortnight ago.

Don't play for safety. It's the most dangerous thing in the world.

The human race are sons of sorrow born; And each must have his portion. Vulgar minds Refuse or cranch beneath their load: the brave Bear theirs without repining.

Courage, brother! do not stumble, Though thy path be dark as night; There’s a star to guide the humble, Trust in God and do the Right.

As long as he lived, he was the guiding-star of a whole brave nation, and when he died the little children cried in the street.