He who gets nearer the sun is leader, the aristocrat of aristocrats, or he who, like Dostoevsky, gets nearest the moon of our non-being.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

Imitate the magnificent trees that speak no word of their rapture, but only breathe largely the luminous breeze.

Protestantism came and gave a great blow to the religious and ritualistic rhythm of the year, in human life. Non-conformity almostfinished the deed.... Mankind has got to get back to the rhythm of the cosmos, and the permanence of marriage.

My soul is my great asset and my great misfortune.

Do come back and draw the ferrets, they are the most lovely noble darlings in the world.

Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved.