I imagine therefore I belong and am free.

You ask of my companions. Hills, sir, and the sundown, and a dog as large as myself.

There is always one thing to be grateful for - that one is one's self and not somebody else.

To see her is a picture- To hear her is a tune- To know her an Intemperance As innocent as June- To know her not-Affliction- To own her for a Friend A warmth as near as if the the Sun Were shining in your Hand.

Love is like life-merely longer.

The Brain - is wider than the Sky - For - put them side by side - The one the other will contain With ease - and You - beside - The Brain is deeper than the sea - For- hold them - Blue to Blue - The one the other will absorb - As Sponges - Buckets - do - The Brain is just the weight of God - For - Heft them - Pound for Pound - And they will differ - if they do - As Syllable from Sound.

Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun - if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.