It is necessary to me, not simply to be but to utter, and I require utterance of my friends.

The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

No anguish I have had to bear on your account has been too heavy a price to pay for the new life into which I have entered in loving you.

I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.

I know forgiveness is a man's duty, but, to my thinking, that can only mean as you're to give up all thoughts o' taking revenge: it can never mean as you're t' have your old feelings back again, for that's not possible.

I love words; they are the quoits, the bows, the staves that furnish the gymnasium of the mind.