“Let those possess the land, and only those,Who love it with a love so strong and stupidThat they may be abused and taken advantage ofAnd made fun of by business, law, and art.”

“The fact is the sweetest dream that labor knows.”

“To be social is to be forgiving.”

“As a confirmed astronomerI'm always for a better sky.”

“I only hope that when I am free, as they are free to go in quest, of the knowledge beyond the bounds of life, it may not seem better to me to rest.”

“Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is less'ned by another's anguish; Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning; One desperate grief cures with another's languish.”

“Patch grief with proverbs.”

“Because I cannot sleep I make music at night.”