“Simplicity is the glory of expression.”

“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.”

“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”

“he cleanest expression is that which finds no sphere worthy of itself and makes one”

“What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.”

“Oxen that rattle the yoke and chain or halt in the leafy shade, what is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.”

“I sing the Equalities, modern or old, I sing the endless finales of things; I say Nature continues—Glory continues;I praise with electric voice; For I do not see one imperfection in the universe; And I do not see one cause or result lamentable at last in the universe. O setting sun! though the time has come, I still warble under you, if none else does, unmitigated adoration.”