Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes

Wisdom sits alone
Topmost in Heaven. - Nathaniel Parker Willis

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

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence. - Nathaniel Parker Willis

Press on! for in the grave there is no work and no device. Press on! while yet you may. - Nathaniel Parker Willis

Of dead kingdoms I recall the soul, sitting amid their ruins. - Nathaniel Parker Willis

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. - Nathaniel Parker Willis

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. - Nathaniel Parker Willis

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

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

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