It 's wiser being good than bad; It 's safer being meek than fierce; It 's fitter being sane than mad. My own hope is, a sun will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched; That after Last returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched.
Robert BrowningOutside are the storms and strangers: we — Oh, close, safe, warm sleep I and she, — I and she!
Robert Browning