His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.   
诗歌应当以优美的丰盈而非奇特来使人惊喜——它应当让读者觉得表达了他自己最高尚的思想,几乎像是一种回忆。
The greatest curse in life is the possession of great talents without the will to use them.