Wisdom is not finally tested in schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof, Applies to all stages and objects and qualities and is content, Is the certainty of the reality and immortality of things, and the excellence of things; Something there is in the float of the sight of things that provokes it out of the soul.

You linger to see his back, and the back of his neck and shoulder-side...The Bending forward and backward of the rowers...

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.

A perfect writer would make words sing, dance, kiss, do the male and female act, bear children, weep, bleed, rage, stab, steal, fire cannon, steer ships, sack cities, charge with cavalry or infantry, or do anything that man or woman or the natural powers can do.

Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged. Missing me one place, search another. I stop somewhere waiting for you.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.