A poet not in love is out at sea; He must have a lay-figure.

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!

What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

Surely the stars are images of love.

Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

This is the word of the LORD saying, Not by Might, nor by Power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Difference of opinion is a clash, and to clash is a ‘weakness’.

PROPAGANDA (PROP-A-GANDER)An evil grin behind a smiling clown's maskKamil Ali

All pro athletes are bilingual. They speak English and profanity.

I have a crusade against fondant, also shortening. There's no reason why wedding cakes can't taste good if you know what you're doing.

Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life.

The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.

My beautiful, my own My only Venice-this is breath! Thy breeze Thine Adrian sea-breeze, how it fans my face! Thy very winds feel native to my veins, And cool them into calmness!

Italians know that what matters is style, not fashion. Italian style does not have social or age boundaries.

George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.