How beautiful to have the church always open, so that every tired wayfaring man may come in and be soothed by all that art can suggest of a better world when he is weary with this.

Wherever a man comes, there comes revolution. The old is for slaves.

Any extraordinary degree of beauty in man or woman involves a moral charm.

Cultivate an attitude of gratitude, of giving and forgiving. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

We read often with as much talent as we write.

The genius of reading and of gardening are antagonistic, like resinous and vitreous electricity. One is concentrative in sparks and shocks: the other is diffuse strength; so that each disqualifies its workman for the other's duties.

If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways, I keep and pass and turn again.