Art is Nature made by Man, To Man the interpreter of God.

Those true eyes, Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise, The sweet soul shining through them.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.

The world is a nettle; disturb it, it stings. Grasp it firmly, it stings not.

Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize.

We may live without friends; we may live without books But civilized men cannot live without cooks.

We are our own fates.- Our deeds are our own doomsmen.- Man's life was made not for creeds but actions.

However we pass Time, he passes still, Passing away whatever the pastime, And, whether we use him well or ill, Some day he gives us the slip for the last time.

Do not think that years leave us and find us the same!

No true love there can be without Its dread penalty--jealousy.

The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can, I say: For Beauty is easy enough to win; But one isn't loved every day.

I can be in the NFL as long as any other back. I went late in the draft because no one thought I could do it.

You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young.

Not joy is the mother of dissipation, but joylessness.

If I only had 24 hours to live, I would spend the time telling everybody I love that I love them.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

That is to say that despair does not seem to be in any way potentially to be productive.

My soul is my guru; my experience is my guru.

I value my ability to keep state secrets.

We're talking tens of thousands, millions, nobody gives you that kind of money without an expectation for it. It has to be paid back somehow. You pay it back with policy.