I have chosen my way, and must walk in it, even to the end, let it terminate as it will.

I had once a dream of other things--a sweet, entrancing dream while it lasted--but to me it can never be more than a dream.

There are quiet, secluded, peaceful ways in life, and happy are they who are content to walk in them.

But they are not for my feet, and I do not envy those who hide themselves in tranquil valleys, or linger on the distant hill-slopes.

The crowd, the hum, the shock of social life for me!" "But this you cannot have in S----.