"Books ... books, ..." he exclaims. It is those that teach us to refine on our pleasures when young, and which, having so taught us, enable us to recall them with satisfaction when old.

Green little vaulter, in the sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June, Sole noise that's heard amidst the lazy noon, When ev'n the bees lag at the summoning brass.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

Stolen kisses are always sweetest.

We are slumberous poppies, Lords of Lethe downs, Some awake and some asleep, Sleeping in our crowns. What perchance our dreams may know, Let our serious may know.

The most tangible of all visible mysteries - fire.

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.

Colors are the smiles of nature.

Patience and gentleness is power.

Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.

I no longer knew what was real and what wasn’t. The lines between reality and delusion had become so blurred.

God of great miracles.God of great mercies.

Life is a brief shot at something incredible

We must step out of our digital avatars, and come together and have face-to-face dialogue as often as possible.

Slumps in life are like soft beds. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.

Well, I think that there's a value to comedy in and of itself.

Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it.

The working of great institutions is mainly the result of a vast mass of routine, petty malice, self interest, carelessness and sheer mistake. Only a residual fraction is thought.

What you wish to do you are apt to think you ought to do.

He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.