Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today.

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

Love will find its way through all languages on its own.

What was life like in the colonies? Probably the best word to describe it would be "colonial".

Religion has what is EASILY the greatest bullshit story of all time.

That was a judicious mother who said, "I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.

I think most people associate me with my dad.

My health is very much improved.

The great disadvantage of being in a rat race is that it is humiliating. The competitors in a rat race are by definition rodents.

Property is a nuisance.

There is so much a man can tell you,So much he can say.You remain, my power, my pleasure, my pain

That good diffused may more abundant grow.