In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago.
Nathaniel HawthorneIt was one of those momentsโwhich sometimes occur only at the interval of yearsโwhen a man's moral aspect is faithfully revealed to his mind's eye. Not improbably, he had never before viewed himself as he did now.
Nathaniel HawthorneI have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!
Nathaniel HawthorneI wish I had the gift of making rhymes, for methinks there is poetry in my head and heart since I have been in love with you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne