That is the true season of love. when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved as much before, and that no one will ever love in the same way again.

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. You must know all the while that it is there, but until it is needed you must never let it emerge into your consciousness in any shape that can be given a name. read more

• Thought Want Keep Secret Also Hide from While Needed Let Emerge Consciousness Any Shape Given Name

Unless virtue guides us, our choice must be wrong. read more

• Thought Unless Virtue Guides Us Our Choice Wrong

Rain, whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains. read more

• Thought Rain Soft Architectural Hands Power Cut Stones Chisel Shapes Grandeur Very Mountains

A man does not have himself killed for a half-pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him. read more

• Thought Man Does Himself Killed for Half Pence Day Petty Distinction Speak Soul Electrify

I would say our greatest achievement is to have survived as a free and democratic nation. read more

• Thought Say Our Greatest Achievement Survived Free Democratic Nation

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time. read more

• Thought Death Commingling Eternity Time Good Man Seen Looking

I will not be as those who spend the day in complaining of headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it. read more

• Thought Those Spend Day Complaining Headache Night Drinking Wine Gives

To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won. read more

• Thought Venture Opinion Like Moving Piece Chess Taken Forms Beginning Game Won

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us. read more

• Thought Form Our Children Own Concepts Take Them Love God Gives Us

Tolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other. read more

• Thought Tolerance Comes Age See Fault Committed Myself Some Time