For each inclosed spirit is a star Enlightening his own little sphere

There is in God - some say - A deep, but dazzling darkness; as men here Say it is late and dusky, because they See not all clear. O for that Night! where I in Him Might live invisible and dim!

I saw Eternity the other night Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm as it was bright.

Dear beauteous death, the jewel of the just.

And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep. So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted dreams, And into glory peep.

Death, and darkness get you packing, Nothing now to man is lacking, All your triumphs now are ended, And what Adam marred, is mended.

The skin and shell of things Though fair are not Thy wish nor prayer but got My meer despair of wings.

They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here.

The sun doth shake Light from his locks, and, all the way Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day.

Affliction is a mother, Whose painful throes yield many sons, Each fairer than the other.

Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest.

i know it all ends the same, but i was interested in seeing how you would break my heart.

It’s my life and I’m not afraid to LIVE it! I would rather experience the ups and downs of a life I have chosen, than to suffer the regret of a life I have settled for.

The beauty of being shattered is how the shards become our character and our marks of distinction.

A person's last moments are an important thing. You can't choose how you're born but you can choose how you die.

Broadway is one of the hardest things I've ever done.

The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.

I adore having people over to my home. My number one reason I love that is because I love to see people at ease with each other.

If I weren't a Jew then I wouldn't be an artist, or at least not the one I am now.

Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer.

If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal.