Lord of
Lord of
height lives mountain pleasure shepherd
Come down, O maid, from yonder mountain height:/ What pleasure lives in height (the shepherd sang)?
architecture quickly
I initially thought I would be an architect, maybe. So I went to architecture camp and quickly learned that I did not want to be an architect. I was like, 'No. This is not for me.'
chicago growing mom theater time took touring
I loved theater growing up, and my mom always took us to the touring productions that would come through town. We would go to Chicago all the time and see shows. I loved it.
born city gently
A city clerk, but gently born and bred.
sleep
Sleep my little one, sleep my pretty one, sleep.
sleep
Sleep my little one, sleep my pretty one, sleep.
men religion speak
I speak not of men's creeds—they rest between Man and his Maker.
endurance inequality
Prolonged endurance tames the bold.
love family mother
Of those who really love their sons, few know how to do it. Some spoil them when they are young, and then quarrel with them when they are grown up, for having been spoiled; some love them like mothers, and attend only to the bodily health and strength of the hopes of their family, solemnize his birthday, and rejoice, like the subjects of the Great Mogul, at the increase of his bulk: while others, minding, as they think, only essentials, take pains and pleasure to see in their heir, all their favourite weaknesses and imperfections.
loss carpe-diem moments
The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrevocable.
caring care pounds
I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow [perhaps William Lowndes], who used to say, `Take care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves.
gratitude imperfect burden
Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature.
flower generosity benefits
Let us not only scatter benefits, but even strew flowers for our fellow-travellers, in the rugged ways of this wretched world.
dog eye play
I have seen many people, who, while you are speaking to them, instead of looking at, and attending to you, fix their eyes upon theceiling, or some other part of the room, look out of the window, play with a dog, twirl their snuff-box, or pick their nose. Nothing discovers a little, futile, frivolous mind more than this, and nothing is so offensively ill-bred.