Imperfection means perfection hid.

It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce: It's fitter being sane than mad.

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

For I say this is death and the sole death,- When a man's loss comes to him from his gain, Darkness from light, from knowledge ignorance, And lack of love from love made manifest.

Night conceals a world but reveals a universe.

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents.

Talent should minister to genius.