American poet of reflective and moral themes.
“The human voice is the organ of the soul.”
“Fame comes only when deserved.”
“Act, act in the living present.”
“Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime.”
“A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.”
“Music is the universal language of mankind.”
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not.”
“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight.”
“Into each life some rain must fall.”
“The best thing one can do when it is raining is to let it rain.”
