[My kitten's] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
Gardening imparts an organic perspective on the passage of time.
The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.