Our Desires, Once Realized, Haunt Us Again

Beware The Mediocrity That Threatens Middle Age, Its Limitation Of Thought And Interest, Its Dullness Of Fancy, Its Too External Life, And Mental Thinness.

It Is Astonishing What Force, Purity, And Wisdom It Requires For A Human Being To Keep Clear Of Falsehoods.

Life Is Richly Worth Living, With Its Continual Revelations Of Mighty Woe, Yet Infinite Hope; And I Take It To My Breast.

No Temple Can Still The Personal Griefs And Strifes In The Breasts Of Its Visitors.

Drudgery Is As Necessary To Call Out The Treasures Of The Mind, As Harrowing And Planting Those Of The Earth.