“No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don’t knock your friends. Don’t knock your enemies. Don’t knock yourself.” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892

“‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892

“Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892

“Who is wise in love, love most, say least.” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892

“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892

“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892