But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together To make up a year, And a sphere.

For there's no rood has not a star above it; The cordial quality of pear or plum Ascends as gladly in a single tree, As in broad orchards resonant with bees; A…

Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.

Life is too short to waste The critic bite or cynic bark, Quarrel, or reprimand; 'Twill soon be dark; Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!

Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them.

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.

If all the skies were sunshine, Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain. If all the world were music, Our hearts would o…