The Cardinal ... It was as if a pulsing heart of flame passed by when he came winging through the orchard.

a trouble shared is a trouble half endured.

My publishers will make any kind of a beautiful book I design and send in to them, but ... For poetry they have less use than a rooster would have for skates.

Now what is a guest? A thing of a day! A person who disturbs your routine and interferes with important concerns. Why should any one be grateful for company? Why should time and money be lavished on visitors? They come. You overwork yourself. They go. You are glad of it. You return the visit, because it's the only way to have back at them.

In the economy of nature nothing is ever lost. I cannot belive that the soul of man shall prove the one exception

Being dead was one thing, getting ready for a wedding another.

It really seems as if failure and hardship make more of a human being of folks than success.