It is better to be a fool than to be dead. It is better to emit a scream in the shape of a theory than to be entirely insensible to the jars and incongruities of life and take everything as it comes in a forlorn stupidity. Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind. For God's sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself!

Bright is the ring of words When the right man rings them.

Some places speak distinctly. Certain dark gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for shipwreck.

Teacher, tender comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life.

The only noble thing a man can do with money is to build a schooner.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Love- what is love? A great and aching heart; Wrung hands; and silence; and a long despair