My love for those I love -- not many -- not very many, but don't I love them so?

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.

Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.

The Truth never flaunted a sign.

It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it, no one thinks to thank God.

Nature is what we see - the hill, the afternoon, squirrel, eclipse, the bumblebee. Nay, nature is heaven. Nature is what we hear...

To die before one fears to die may be a boon.