A solid man of Boston; A comfortable man with dividends, And the first salmon and the first green peas.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Success for you is a RECIPE that ONLY YOU KNOW the ingredients for.So to you I say, COOK UP the success that ONLY YOU know how to make and allow the world to see YOUR CREATION!

This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time.

Life is mysterious as well as vulgar.

There's no more important mission, because it's folly to think that we can doom wildlife to oblivion and believe humans will be just fine. That's a world I hope to never lay eyes upon.

I am not one of those people who will ever be comfortable mocking or making caricatures of the stereotypes attached to any community.

Sometimes its odd to interact with someone to whom you purposed.

Apparently it’s my fault that the Titanic sank.

Your mind may not know what to do today, but your heart does. Follow your heart.

There's no point trying to sugar-coat this or get Jesuitical about it. Yes, Russia tried to manipulate our election. It's appalling. Yes, it should be investigated and taken seriously.

Shakespeare was of us, Milton was of us, Burns, Shelley, were with us. They watch from their graves!