Superior people never make long visits.

the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.

The sweet air coming into your house on a fine day, from water etched with waves as formal as the scales on a fish.

he who gives quickly gives twice / in nothing so much as in a letter.

One detects creative power by its capacity to conquer one's detachment.