At the door of life by the gate of breath, There are worse things waiting for men than death.

Heart's ease of pansy, pleasure or thought, Which would the picture give us of these? Surely the heart that conceived it sought Heart's ease.

Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.

Today will die tomorrow.

Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

I remember the way we parted, The day and the way we met; You hoped we were both broken-hearted And knew we should both forget.

The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog.

A little soul scarce fledged for earth Takes wing with heaven again for goal, Even while we hailed as fresh from birth A little soul.

When the hounds of Spring are on winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain.

Love, as is told by the seers of old, Comes as a butterfly tipped with gold, Flutters and flies in sunlit skies, Weaving round hearts that were one time cold.

His life is a watch or a vision Between a sleep and a sleep.

Any goal in life is attainable as long as one follows it consistently.

A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence.

In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Time and space cannot play any part between two loving hearts.

There's something called the physiology of forgiveness. Being unable to forgive other people's faults is harmful to one's health.

Any god who can invent hell is no candidate for the Salvation Army

It is not possible to write clearly enough to avoid being misrepresented by people who are sufficiently determined to do so.

Let people hate you so long as they fear you.

We Shan't Save All We Would Like To, But We Shall Save A Great Deal More Than If We Had Never Tried.

Emma, your granddad’s on the line,” says Artemis, putting her hand over the receiver. “Something about the night bus and he’ll never trust you again?