A boy's will is the wind's will, and the thought's of youth are long, long thoughhts

Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.

I dislike an eye that twinkles like a star. Those only are beautiful which, like the planets, have a steady lambent light, are luminous, but not sparkling.

But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise.

The Mormons make the marriage ring, like the ring of Saturn, fluid, not solid, and keep it in its place by numerous satellites.

Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought.