We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.

It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.

In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be done, but rather the doing of it. It is not enough to know about Virtue, then, but we must endeavor to possess it, and to use it, or to take any other steps that may make

A good deed is a good deed.

How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags! What is't you do? A deed without a name

The look of a king is itself a deed.