Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed. But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest!

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.

Light tomorrow with today!

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

Gracious pride is a wonderful quality when it is used for good

I find you offensive for finding me offensive

Love is love, but marriage is an investment.

As a stick, when once it is dry and stiff you may break it, but you can never bend it into a straighter posture; so doth the man become incorrigible who is settled and stiffened into vice.

When people talk to me about tyranny, it makes me laugh and gives me the impression that people suffer from amnesia.

The only place I am recognized all the time is in L.A. and otherwise, it's only about once a day. I feel pretty anonymous.

Never complain about your troubles; they are responsible for more than half of your income.

I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.

You don't have to have one emotion at a time.