He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft.

God's livery is a very plain one; but its wearers have good reason to be content. If it have not so much gold-lace about it as Satan's, it keeps out foul weather better, and is besides a great deal cheaper.

To win the secret of a weed's plain heart.

Ah, in this world, where every guiding thread Ends suddenly in the one sure centre, death, The visionary hand of Might-have-been Alone can fill Desire's cup to the brim!

A stray hair, by its continued irritation, may give more annoyance than a smart blow.

How I do love the earth. I feel it thrill under my feet. I feel somehow as if it were conscious of my love, as if something passed into my dancing blood from it.

I don't believe in principle, but I do in interest.