Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.

The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes.

Death was not to be a leap: it was to be a long descent under thickening shadows.

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.