Smoothly and lightly the golden seed by the furrow is covered.

What reason would grope for in vain, spontaneous impulse ofttimes achieves at a stroke, with light and pleasureful guidance.

Sometimes I don't understand how another can love her, is allowed to love her, since I love her so completely myself, so intensely, so fully, grasp nothing, know nothing, have nothing but her!

The worst is that the very hardest thinking will not bring thoughts. They must come like good children of God and cry, "Here we are." You expend effort and energy thinking hard. Then, after you have given up, they come sauntering in with their hands in their pockets. If the effort had not been made to open the door, however, who knows when they could have come.

Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.

All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.