A Persian's heaven is eas'ly made: 'T is but black eyes and lemonade.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

Never to be squandered.....the miracle of another human being.

It is the presence of sin that prevents man from being truly happy.

You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me, " I began. "Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me.

It wasn't until my last year of college, 1976, that I decided well, maybe he's right. Delbert had been pushing me since high school to put 100% into my music.

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

I want to do all roles. The skys the limit.

The comforters head never akes.

Living on borders and in margins, keeping intact one's shifting and multiple identity and integrity, is like trying to swim in a new element, an "alien" element.

There is something sexy about a computer nerd.

Somebody can be the captain of the ship, which allows you to make big mistakes.