Nathaniel Willis Quotations

Let us weep in our darkness, but weep not for him!Not for him who, departing, leaves millions in tears!Not for him who has died full of honor and years!Not for him who ascended Fame's ladder so high:From the round at the top he has stepped to the sky.

Nature's noblemen are everywhere, in town and out of town, gloved and rough-handed, rich and poor. Prejudice against a lord because he is a lord, is losing the chance of finding a good fellow, as much as prejudice against a ploughman because he is a ploughman.

What is ambition? It is a glorious cheat! Angels of light walk not so dazzlingly the sapphire walls of heaven.

For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart,And makes his pulses fly,To catch the thrill of a happy voiceAnd the light of a pleasant eye.

It is the month of June,The month of leaves and roses,When pleasant sights salute the eyes,And pleasant scents the noses.

In comparing men and books, one must always remember this important distinction,-that one can put the books down at anytime.