October 27.
In all things, the morally beautiful. To dwell on it.
Calm, adjective and noun, — is for that very reason an unfortunate adjective, to be used sparingly.
October 29.
Those who know neither how to command themselves nor how to obey themselves.
Resentment, — toward those who inspire more trust than they deserve.
October 30.
The love of God, — that love which is natural, or at least made for the soul.
Women — bees, — and little made to be lovers, wives, mothers.
October 31.
This encumbering abundance.
November 1.
Polish. To give polish. That is what requires time. And the newer what one says is, the more time and care are needed to give it polish.
Polish preserves books, marble, and bronze. It resists their rusts.
November 5.
Today, style has more firmness, but less grace. We express ourselves more clearly, but less agreeably. We articulate too distinctly, so to speak.
Z. In this one’s style there are I know not what crushed pebbles, dry colors or colored dusts, — false diamonds reduced to dust.
November 7.
To milk one’s own mind. That is when nothing can spring from it.
November 8.
Let the end (in a work) always recall the beginning.