There is always a risk in being alive, and if you are more alive, there is more risk.
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.
The man-at-arms is the only man.
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
Writing has... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.