We are made aware that magnitude of material things is relative, and all objects shrink and expand to serve the passion of the poet. Thus, in his sonnets, the lays of birds, the scents and dyes of flowers, he finds to be the shadow of his beloved; time, which keeps her from him, is his chest; the suspicion she has awakened, is her ornament

For every seeing soul, there are two absorbing facts - I, and the abyss.

All I know is reception; I am and I have: but I do not get, and when I fancied I had gotten anything, I found I did not.

Science, Nature,-O, I've yearned to open some page.

The years teach much which the days never know.

God builds his temple in the heart on the ruins of churches and religions.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.