... the true seeing is within; and painting stares at you with an insistent imperfection.

The early months of marriage often are times of critical tumult,--whether that of a shrimp pool or of deeper water,--which afterwards subside into cheerful peace.

Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others.

I am feeling easy now, and you will well understand that after undergoing pain this ease is opening paradise. Invalids must be excused for being eloquent about themselves.

Joy is the best of wine.

We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

All things journey: sun and moon, Morning, noon, and afternoon, Night and all her stars; 'Twixt the east and western bars Round they journey, Come and go! We go with them!