Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon another, the child too often makes its entrance from the mother's corpse.

Make up your mind to be happy.

The essence of love is kindness.

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

Sing a song of seasons; something bright in all, flowers in the summer, fires in the fall.

After all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.