Say not "a small event!" Why "small"? Costs it more pain that this ye call A "great event" should come to pass From that? Untwine me from the mass Of deeds which make up life, one deed Power shall fall short in or exceed!

There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness;....and, to know, rather consists in opening out a way where the imprisoned splendor may escape, then in effecting entry for a light supposed to be without.

Strike when thou wilt, the hour of rest, but let my last days be my best.

I know what I want and what I might gain, and yet, how profitless to know.

There is nothing so unpardonable as to consent to a senseless, aimless, purposeless life.

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so; life's business being just the terrible choice.

Sing, riding 's a joy! For me I ride.