Silence can be defined as conversation with an Englishman

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but less by assimilation than by friction.

A pine tree standeth lonely In the North on an upland bare; It standeth whitely shrouded With snow, and sleepeth there. It dreameth of a Palm tree Which far in the East alone, In the mournful silence standeth On its ridge of burning stone.

Music is a strange thing. I would almost say it is a miracle.

The sea appears all golden. Beneath the sun-lit sky.

In the marvelous month of May when all the buds were bursting, then in my heart did love arise. In the marvelous month of May when all the birds were singing, then did I reveal to her my yearning and longing.

He who fights with priests may make up his mind to have his poor good name torn and befouled by the most infamous lies and the most cutting slanders.