The advice given by a great moralist to his friend was, that he should
compose his passions; and let that be the work of reason which would
certainly be the work of time.--_Addison._
A vigorous mind is as necessarily accompanied with violent passions as a
great fire with great heat.--_Burke._
There are moments when our passions speak and decide for us, and we seem
to stand by and wonder. They carry in them an inspiration of crime, that
in one instant does the work of long premeditation.--_George Eliot._
The blossoms of passion, gay and luxuriant flowers, are brighter and
fuller of fragrance, but they beguile us and lead us astray, and their
odor is deadly.--_Longfellow._
"All the passions," says an old writer, "are such near neighbors, that
if one of them is on fire the others should send for the buckets." Thus
love and hate being both passions, the one is never safe from the spark
that sets the other ablaze. But contempt is passionless; it does not
catch, it quenches fire.--_Bulwer-Lytton._
All the passions seek after whatever nourishes them. Fear loves the idea
of danger.--_Joubert._
It is the excess and not the nature of our passions which is perishable.
Like the trees which grow by the tomb of Protesilaus, the passions
flourish till they reach a certain height, but no sooner is that height
attained than they wither away.--_Bulwer-Lytton._
~Past.~--Let the dead past bury its dead.--_Longfellow._
Oh vanished times! splendors eclipsed for aye! Oh suns behind the
horizon that have set.--_Victor Hugo._
It is to live twice, when we can enjoy the recollections of our former
life.--_Martial._
I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.--_George
Eliot._
~Patience.~--There is one form of hope which is never unwise, and which
certainly does not diminish with the increase of knowledge. In that form
it changes its name and we call it patience.--_Bulwer-Lytton._
It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.--_George
Eliot._