Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.

As dew leaves the cobweb lightly Threaded with stars, Scattering jewels on the fence And the pasture bars; As dawn leaves the dry grass bright And the tangled weeds Bearing a rainbow gem On each of their seeds; So has your love, my lover, Fresh as the dawn, Made me a shining road To travel on, Set every common sight Of tree or stone Delicately alight For me alone.

Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.

Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too, The world's heart breaks beneath its wars,All things are changed, save in the east,The faithful beauty of the stars.

Places I love come back to me like music, / Hush me and heal me when I am very tired.

There's nothing half so real in life as the things you've done... inexorably, unalterably done.

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.