Brother, hello and good-bye. Frater, ave atque vale

Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then a thousand more.

I hate and I love. And if you ask me how, I do not know: I only feel it, and I am torn in two.

It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.

But you shall not escape my iambics.

Who now travels that dark path from whose bourne they say no one returns. [Lat., Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum Illue unde negant redire quemquam.]

I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.

Godlike the man who sits at her side, who watches and catches that laughter which (softly) tears me to tatters: nothing is left of me, each time I see her.

Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.

Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.

Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.

The Bible is the fountain of truth.

OK, the rule is, you can [make love to] an elephant if you want to, but if you do you can't cover the circus.

Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the best anticipations. It is not much matter if things do not turn out well.

I like rough edges. That's what makes a person real.

Beauty is nature’s way of acting at a distance.

We learn from tragedy. Slowly.

I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps

When I try to use incantations at work i often find they have no effect and my coworkers just laugh at me.

When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in New York City, I was subjected to the doctor draft of that time, during the early fifties, at the time of the Korean War.

You peasant swain! You whoreson malt-horse drudge!