Why should not a poet's cat be winged as well as his horse?

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.

I am struck by the simplicity of light in the atmosphere in the autumn, as if the earth absorbed none, and out of this profusion of dazzling light came the autumnal tints.

Unless we do more than simply learn the trade of our time, we are but apprentices, and not yet masters of the art of life.

If you are a seer, whenever you meet a man you will see all that he owns, ay, and much that he pretends to disown, behind him.

Roads are made for horses and men of business. I do not travel in them much.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.