[My kitten's] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint; Yet I love thee and adore, Oh for grace to love thee more!

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.

In indolent vacuity of thought.

God made the country, and man made the town.