Genius is of no country.

Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid.

England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of tea.

Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.

When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives.

The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.

Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

A joke's a very serious thing.

No tribute is laid on castles in the air.

The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail.

All books are either dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

A good life fears not life nor death.

The true goal of Christian unity is world evangelization.

To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation. My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice

I think there's an innate sexuality that is attached to vampires and werewolves. It's passionate and sexual, undeniably so.

I had worked on dogs for a couple of years developing a renal transplant operation. We had dogs running around with kidneys we had transplanted back into themselves.

One way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations to come

The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.

Fashion: by which what is really fantastic becomes for a moment the universal.

If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.