“He is smitten on the brain, -he reads and writes verses! I caught him in the act! Fools might say he was inspired; but I know it is the first and worst symptom of lunacy. All other maniacs have lucid intervals; some are curable; but the madness of poets, dogs, and musicians, is past hope. Earth possesses no remedy, science no cure.” LovePoetryPoetsIn Love Book:Adventures of a Younger Son Source: Adventures of a Younger Son
“I am one whose faith is, that love and friendship, with ardent natures, are like those trees of the torrid zone which yield fruit but once, and then die.” DiesTreeFruitZoneYieldArdentLove And Friendship Book:Adventures of a Younger Son Source: Adventures of a Younger Son
“In my youth I loved climbing and scrambling up rocks and mountains: now I seldom intrude on the dweller of a second story, and my greatest enemy or friend may avoid me altogether on the third; so humbled is the aspiring spirit of my youth.” MayStoriesSpiritEnemyRocksYouthMountainThirdsClimbingDwellers Book:Adventures of a Younger Son Source: Adventures of a Younger Son
