To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.
Poetry: the best words in the best order.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions.
The water-lily, in the midst of waters, opens its leaves and expands its petals, at the first pattering of the shower, and rejoices in the rain-drops with a quicker sympathy than the packed shrubs in the sandy desert.
No voice; but oh - the silence sank Like music on my heart.
Call not that man wretched, who whatever else he suffers as to pain inflicted, or pleasure denied, has a child for whom he hopes and on whom he doats.