Genius has somewhat of the infantine; but of the childish not a touch or taint.

All service is the same with God.

Stand still, true poet that you are! I know you; let me try and draw you. Some night you'll fail us: when afar You rise, remember one man saw you, Knew you, and named a star!

I dare not so honor my mere wishes and prayers as to put them for a moment beside your noble acts; but this know, I would rather submit to the worst of deaths, so far as pain goes, than have a single dog or cat tortured on the pretence of sparing me a twinge or two.

'Tis only when they spring to Heaven that angels reveal themselves to you.

Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters.

To do good things in the world, first you must know who you are and what gives meaning to your life.