Samuel Lover > Quotes

“Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.”
― Samuel Lover, Rory O'More

“Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.”
― Samuel Lover

“When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.”
― Samuel Lover, Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life

“When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.”
― Samuel Lover

“What will you do, love, when I am going,
With white sail flowing, the seas beyond,
What will you do, love, when waves divide us, and friends may chide us for being fond?'
'Tho waves divide us, and friends be chiding,
In faith abiding, I'll still be true,
And I'll pray for thee on the stormy ocean
In deep devotion-- that's what I'll do...”
― Samuel Lover