A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

When the wind blows, the weak are carried away by it, the strong resist it, and the wise manipulate it.

Was I on a hangover?

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

The thought "It's impossible" sets off a chain reaction of other thoughts to prove you're right.

We learn to avoid blocking others, interfering with others, because that will decrease our happiness, slow our vibratory rate and generally bring us down and make us miserable.

The instinct to survive will never change, neither will the human body's amazing ability to endure.

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president.

Never fear the golding of a sunset. It means more than just the closing of another day. But marks the brightness of a new dawn.

[Donald Trump] campaigned on repealing Obamacare.

So much paperwork to read! So much paperwork to push away! So much paperwork to pretend he hadn't received and that might have been eaten by gargoyles.