Very Early, I Knew That The Only

I Now Know All The People Worth Knowing In America, And I Find No Intellect Comparable To My Own.

A Man Who Means To Think And Write A Great Deal Must, After Six And Twenty, Learn To Read With His Fingers.

I Fear I Have Not One Good Word To Say This Fair Morning, Though The Sun Shines So Encouragingly On The Distant Hills And Gentle River And The Trees Are In Their Festive Hues. I Am Not Festive, Though Contented. When Obliged To Give Myself To The Prose Of Life, As I Am On This Occasion Of Being Established In A New Home I Like To Do The Thing, Wholly And Quite, - To Weave My Web For The Day Solely From The Grey Yarn.

The Life Of The Soul Is Incalculable.

As To Marriage, I Think The Intercourse Of Heart And Mind May Be Fully Enjoyed Without Entering Into This Partnership Of Daily Life.