Words of Wisdom Quotes

Truly to enjoy bodily warmth,some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. ~ Moby Dick by Herman Melville The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain. ~ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley "Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go." ~ Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare "Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind." ~ Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare "This above all,--to thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." ~ Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever present perils of life. ~ Moby Dick by Herman Melville "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." ~ Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare Nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose. ~ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley