A little water makes a sea, a small puff of wind a Tempest.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

He answered the phone to his daughter with a broken but joyous heart, ready to speak with her of astonishment and wonder.

You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness while they live.

I pretty much isolated myself away from drums. I stopped looking at Modern Drummer, I stopped looking at websites.

Something of eternal significance transpired there. Not only was the calendar of the world changed, but heaven itself and eternity were affected.

That's her secret, I suppose. Everything that happens to her she's proud of. She makes it special by it happening to her.

We have a sense that we should be like the mythical cowboy... able to take on and conquer anything and live in the world without the need for other people.

I never had the feeling I ever had to make a dime doing anything.

The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.

When young people grow up....they shine so much that old people want to avert their gaze.

A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak.