Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

Fools, their wisdom weak, are their own enemiesas they go through life, doing evilthat bearsbitter fruit.

Reconciliation without truth is nothing but a smokescreen

It is not, in the long run, the battles and sieges that signify, but the permanent effect on the human race of the changes they help to bring about.

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?

A peace that was truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war.

I've always liked doubles. When you scald the ball on a line to the gap, I think that's about as close to a perfect swing as you can get.

People tell me they idolise me, want to be like me, but I tell them, 'trust me, you don't want my life.' I've been a very tortured soul.

When I love most, love is disguised. In hate; and when hate is surprised, in love, then I hate most.

You may not believe in life, but I don't believe in death. Move on!