There are some people whom we envy not because they are rich or handsome or successful, although they may be all or any of these, but because everything they are or do seems to be all of a piece, so that even if they wanted to they could not be or do otherwise.

I was made at right angles to the world and I see it so. I can only see it so.

Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.

Heaven is not like flying or swimming, but has something to do with blackness and a strong glare.

The pigs stuck out their little feet and snored.

Time to plant tears, says the almanac. The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house.

And as to experience-well, think how little some good poets have had, or how much some bad ones have.