Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Many persons sigh for death when it seems far off, but the inclination vanishes when the boat upsets, or the locomotive runs off the track, or the measles set it.

Noble discontent is the path to heaven.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks they are the summits of ranges.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

The most fertile soil does not necessarily produce the most abundant harvest. It is the use we make of our faculties which renders them valuable.

How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!

Life is as inexorable as the sea.

To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country.