The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.

More than any other poet, Whitman is what we make him; more than any other poet, his greatest value is in what he suggests and implies rather than in what he portrays, and more than any other poet must he wait to be understood by the growth of the taste of himself.

All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better.

Our deeds follow us, and what we have been makes us what we are.

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.