Because of Diamond, I have had to begin much of the work afresh. I will not, however, rid myself of her, nor even punish her. She knew not what she was doing, and that which she did was for my protection and for love of my person. Her place remains at my side or against my feet when I lie abed.

I shall not mingle conjectures with certainties.

Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense.

I do not feign hypotheses.

I understood. I have understood. I do understand.

The seed of a tree has the nature of a branch or twig or bud. It is a part of the tree, but if separated and set in the earth to be better nourished, the embryo or young tree contained in it takes root and grows into a new tree.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.