"How happy is the little stoneThat rambles in the road alone,And doesn't care about careers,And exigencies never fears;Whose coat of elemental brownA passing universe put on;And independent as the sun,Associates or glows alone,Fulfilling absolute decreeIn casual simplicity."
"I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality."
"Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--Success in Circuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surpriseAs Lightning to the Children easedWith explanation kindThe Truth must dazzle graduallyOr every man be blind--"
"Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all."
"Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed."
"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."