The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.

if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. what demon possessed me that i behaved so well?

Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation.

Having reached the term of his natural life"; Mwould it not be truer to say, Having reached the term of his unnatural life?

As naturally as the oak bears an acorn and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done.

My friend is one... who take me for what I am.

There is a certain perfection in accident which we never consciously attain.