Great men always pay deference to greater.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If cavemen had known how to laugh, history would have been different.

The true purpose of your life is your ultimate abode.

That eveningWhen I was all aloneIn our bedroomTo give me companyYour voice came along

Your EQ (emotional quotient) is your capacity to recognize, discriminate, and label emotions accurately and interpret them to help guide your thinking and behavior.

Our senses are always part of the process.

I pulled the burden from off my back and tossed it into the wind. And stretched my arms toward the sky and let my life begin.

When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities.

So far, designing is the most exciting thing. Ive done I have a vision of what I want the clothes to look like in my mind and its fun to see it come alive on paper.

If one neglects the laws of learning, a sentence is imposed that he is forever chained to his ignorance.

Our lives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we do with conflict that makes the difference.