I hear the wind among the trees Playing the celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument.

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

When one is truly in love, one not only says it, but shows it.

Among the noblest in the land - Though man may count himself the least - That man I honor and revere, Who without favor, without fear, In the great city dares to stand, The friend of every friendless beast.

In the life of every man there are sudden transitions of feeling, which seem almost miraculous. At once, as if some magician had touched the heavens and the earth, the dark clouds melt into the air, the wind falls, and serenity succeeds the storm. The causes which produce these changes may have been long at work within us, but the changes themselves are instantaneous, and apparently without sufficient cause.