Sightseeing is the art of disappointment.

“A birdie with a yellow billHoped upon the window sill,Cocked his shining eye an…”

“In his own life, then, a man is not to expect happiness, only to profit by it g…”

“And yet when I looked upon that ugly idol in the glass I was conscious of no re…”

“Here then, as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring …”