And those who saw, it did surprise, Such drops could fall from human eyes.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

Life is not only full of sound and fury. It also has butterflies, flowers, art.

Unlike Woody Allen, I would be happy to be part of any (poetry) club that would have me.

Women are good for only one thing - lying on their backs.

If we are to be happy, decent and secure of our souls: drink some kind of fermented liquor with one's food; go on the water from time to time; dance on occasions, and sing in a chorus.

Staff has a genius for sitting on its brains and coming up with perfect hindsight.

I'm not a politician and I'm not trying to change anybody's mind. I'm just exploring what I see.

Whether you're an unpublished novelist or a sixteen-time New York Times bestselling author, you can always improve your craft. You can always become a better writer.

These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea.

There's a lot of people who, a cigarette is about the only vacation they have.