Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. The millions, that around us arerushing into life, cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests.

If you want a friend you need to be a friend.

When it comes to divide an estate, the politest men quarrel.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

I unsettle all things.

Let the bird sing without deciphering the song.

The glance is natural magic. The mysterious communication established across a house between two entire strangers, moves all the springs of wonder.