To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.

Wine is bottled poetry.

There is no music like a little river's . . . It takes the mind out-of-doors . . . and . . . it quiets a man down like saying his prayers.

To love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.

One more touch of the bow, smell of the virginal Green - one more, and my bosom Feels new life with an ecstasy.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.