God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

And I myself a Catholic will be, So far at least, great saint, to pray to thee. Hail, Bard triumphant! and some care bestow On us, the Poets militant below.

Life is an incurable disease.

For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.

Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.

A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss; But, of all pains, the greatest pain Is to love, but love in vain.

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.

I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.

Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.

As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.

A team goal requires a team effort.

I would rather win than have good sportsmanship.

However painful it may be for me to accept this conclusion, I am obliged to state it: for the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.

I'm very frustrated by fear of imagination. I don't think that's healthy.

Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me.

To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach.

Fortunately, her year of graduate classes prepared her for obnoxious conduct.

I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.

A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things.

A Myrddraal has less cunning than a woman, and a Trolloc fights with more honor. And a goat has more sense.