We write our lives upon our faces, deep,
An autograph which they will always keep.
Thoughts cannot come and leave behind no trace
Of good or ill; they quickly find a place
Where they who will may read as in a book,
The hidden meaning of our slightest look.
554
Nature has written a letter of credit on some men's faces which is
honored wherever it is presented.
--_Thackeray._
555
The surest way not to fail, is to determine to succeed.
--_Sheridan._
556