But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart!

With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread.

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!

Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!

My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread.

Coquetry is the champagne of love.

There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon.

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

I remember, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn.

Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

I miei silenzi erano scudi contro la realtà dietro i quali nascondevano la verità.

Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.

The flicker, the flutter, even thoughts can stutter.

Forsaking all others means going deep with one person -- exhaustingly deep.

There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled

We bear, all of us, the misfortunes of other people with heroic constancy.

The attack on untouchability is an attack on this high-and low-ness.

Some movies are the kind you take home with you at the end of the day, and some, you can let go.

Young singers are much better educated musically, much better informed, through discs and videos, than I was.

Don't be afraid," I said, "We belong together." I was immediatly overcome by the truth of my own words.