From henceforth thou shalt learn that there is love To long for, pureness to desire, a mount Of consecration it were good to scale.

O fateful flower beside the rill- The Daffodil, the daffodil!

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries.

Youth! youth! how buoyant are thy hopes! they turn, like marigolds, toward the sunny side.

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

Crowds of bees are giddy with clover Crowds of grasshoppers skip at our feet, Crowds of larks at their matins hang over, Thanking the Lord for a life so sweet.

Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.

And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.

Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.

The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.

We swam deep in the waves, a wild chase ..Stained with memories and pain.Who knew a gulf would lay between?Who knew loving someone, would ache?

As he read, I feel in love the way you fall asleep: slow, and then all at once.

A rule of thumb with humor; if you worry that you might be going too far, you have already not gone far enough. If everybody laughs, you have failed.

Of all the contrivances for cheating the laboring classes of mankind, none has been more effective than that which deludes them with paper money.

Oppressed persons, oppressed cultures, tend to be more political, obviously, as are those with a rage for justice, or the crazy messianic desire.

She lay in the dark and knew everything.

When you think about great teams, The Beatles and the Pythons immediately spring to mind. The Pythons were as much a part of their time as The Beatles.

The notion that the records of government are the property of the people is radically democratic, but it is broken in practice.

However important it is that love shall precede marriage, it is far more important that it shall continue after marriage.

I always have to be writing.