One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.

silence is very moving to youth, for who knows what it hides?

Nothing may be more selfish than remorse.

It is useless to deny that, unless one has a genius for imparting knowledge, teaching is a drudgery.

... it is curious how fatal it is, either to a situation or to an individual, or even to a name, if in an evil moment it becomes funny.

Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!

the blue and cloudless day closes like the lid of a casket of jewels upon the violet rim of sea, and shuts out the light.