A smile is ever the most bright and beautiful with a tear upon it. What is the dawn without the dew? The tear is rendered by the smile precious above the smile itself.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

(Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we have no good answer to that question.)

The borders of man, defined by politics, war, and faith - all three manifestations of delusion - meant even more to gods.

Your ego is laughing at you behind your back.

Their cause I plead - plead it in heart and mind A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind.

Yeah I got a question: Any more excuses tonight, Roy?

Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?

I didn't mind being a public executioner, once I got the hang of it.

Had the situation not been so tragic, we might have laughed.

If parents had children who were good sleepers, they assumed this was due to their good parenting, not good luck.

Power at its best is love implementing the demand of justice.