At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach, A fisherman stood aghast, To see the form of a maiden fair, Lashed close to a drifting mast.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Any fool can criticize and many of them do.

I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits.

Cats, I always think, only jump into your lap to check if you are cold enough, yet, to eat.

Believe, really believe, you can succeed, and you will.

Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]

In my particular case foreign policy happens to be my hobby, my consuming interest. I had spent decades studying it.

Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.

Education is useless without the Bible. The Bible was America's basic text book in all fields. God's Word, contained in the Bible, has furnished all necessary rules to direct our conduct.

You can create fashion everywhere in the world, but the place where you are crowned is Paris.

I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word "lavish" and everything being magnificent.