Acquaintance I would have but when it depends not on the number but the choice of friends.

And I myself a Catholic will be, So far at least, great saint, to pray to thee. Hail, Bard triumphant! and some care bestow On us, the Poets militant below.

Life is an incurable disease.

For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.

Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.

A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss; But, of all pains, the greatest pain Is to love, but love in vain.

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.

I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.

Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.

As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.

All the horrors of the reign of terror were based on concern for public tranquility.

Don’t listen to the ramblings of fools, ” he said, smiling grimly. “When it comes down to it, if they knew the truth, no one would want to live on this earth forever.

When an Angel whispers in your ear, it is your heart that hears thy message.

And still they gazed and still the wonder grew That one small head should carry all it knew.

Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.

Just a rat, she repeated to herself. After all, there were rats in the palace. Human and otherwise. Could be worse.

I'll have a lot of wrinkles on my face, but I feel like my heart will be fat and full.

New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.

The master secret of happiness is to meet the challenge of each new day with the serene faith that: "All things work together for good to them that love God."

There ain't nothing that breaks up homes, country and nations like somebody publishing their memoirs