Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.

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.

TimeYou were the oneI wanted mostto stay.But time could notbe kept at bay.The more it goes, the more it's gone—the more it takes away.

The night is the balm for the wounded souls of the world.

As a mother, you need to remember that a loving and compassionate God is one hundred percent aware of your child’s situation.

You don't need to blow the trumpet when you accomplished something because your work, your action will speak itself.

Cats, I always think, only jump into your lap to check if you are cold enough, yet, to eat.

Nobody else can make us discouraged; it is a choice that we alone make when facing disappointments.

Eloquence is heard; poetry is overheard ... All poetry is of the nature of the soliloquy.

...the poet, while creating anew, is likely to be in a sense restoring something old.

The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.

For the life of the believer, one thing is beautifully and abundantly true: God's chief concern in your suffering is to be with you and be himself for you.