Nathaniel Hawthorne “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” Nathaniel Hawthorne View all quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne →
“No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.” Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.” Nathaniel Hawthorne
“All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.” Nathaniel Hawthorne
