If You Wish To Preserve Your Secret,

Thoughts Must Come Naturally, Like Wild-flowers; They Cannot Be Forced In A Hot-bed, Even Although Aided By The Leaf-mould Of Your Past.

Books Are A Finer World Within The World. (1863)

Christmas Is The Day That Holds All Time Together.

In Life There Is Nothing More Unexpected And Surprising Than The Arrivals And Departures Of Pleasure. If We Find It In One Place Today, It Is Vain To Seek It There Tomorrow. You Can Not Lay A Trap For It.

My Heart Like Moon-charmed Waters, All Unrest.