“There are men who work hard, digging for gold: he worked hard, digging for pity. The misery of the world was his mine. Pain everywhere was an occasion for goodness always.”
“No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams into gold and silver”
“Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests.”
“The wise have pitied the fool that hath striven to give a life In the world of time and space among the bulks of actual things,To dream that was dreamed in the heart, and that only the heart could hold.Oh wise men, riddle me this: What if the dream come true?”
“A writer should show the silver in his hands neither as bronze nor as gold; the gist of the matter is to show silver as silver.”