Alas! we makeA ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolvesLook down upon our slumbering acts.

Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.

I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.

Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?

Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui.

The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.

Ah, tell me not that memory Sheds gladness o'er the past; What is recalled by faded flowers, Save that they did not last? Were it not better to forget, Than but remember and regret?

In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius develops itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!

Were kisses all the joys in bed, /One woman would another wed.

Always walk toward the direction of your love.

Some people pray for miracles ... with Cosmic Ordering YOU manifest them!

The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.

I always think that the most delightful thing about traveling is to always be running into Americans and to always feel at home.

I was always superthin, too skinny, actually. I felt like someone could break me in half. I realize now that being a bit more curvy and toned is so much more beautiful.

The easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody.

One's self-satisfaction is an untaxed kind of property which it is very unpleasant to find deprecated.

There is more and more data indicating that there is a biological basis to your political views.

There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.