A tempest ceases, a cyclone passes over, a wind dies down, a broken mast can be replaced, a leak can be stopped, a fire extinguished, but what will become of this enormous brute of bronze?

We are reassured almost as foolishly as we are alarmed; human nature is so constituted.

A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.

If you look in the eyes of the young, you see flame. If you look in the eyes of the old, you see light.

He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends

Dreaming is happiness. Waiting is life.

All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains.