You must not begin to fret about the successes of cheap people. After all, what have they to do with you?

The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand.

There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made.

People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find.

It's all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies; our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh, what about forgiving our friends?

life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.

Oh, that's the beauty of the rose, that it blossoms and dies.