Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
It is in the midst of the city that one writes the most inspiring pages about the country.
A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.
It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.
if I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.