How very sad it is to have a confiding nature, one's hopes and feelings are quite at the mercy of all who come along; and how very desirable to be a stolid individual, whose hopes and aspirations are safe in one's waistcoat pocket, and that a pocket indeed, and one not to be picked!

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

These are the days when birds come back, a very few, a Bird or two, to take a backward look.

Just a turn of the doorknob, and there lies freedom.

I HIDE myself within my flower That wearing on your breast, You, unsuspecting, wear me too - And angels know the rest. I hide myself within my flower, That, fading from your vase, You, unsuspecting, feel for me Almost a loneliness.

If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me.

The steeples swam in amethyst, the news like squirrels swam.