Happy (if mortals can be) is the man,Who, not by priest but Reason, rules his span:Reason, to its possessor a sure guide,Reason, a thorn in Revelation's side.

O, Winter! Put away thy snowy pride; O, Spring! Neglect the cowslip and the bell; O, Summer! Throw thy pears and plums aside; O, Autumn! Bid the grape with poison swell.

How shall we celebrate the day,When God appeared in mortal clay,The mark of worldly scorn;When the Archangel's heavenly Lays,Attempted the Redeemer's Praise,And hail'd Salvation's Morn!

There is a time for all things - except marriage, my dear.

Almighty Framer of the Skies!O let our pure devotion rise,Like Incense in thy Sight!Wrapt in impenetrable Shade,The Texture of our Souls were made,Till thy Command gave Light.

Haste to thie kiste, thie onlie dortoure bedde.Cale, as the claie whiche will gre on thie hedde,Is Charitie and Love aminge highe elves;Knightis and Barons live for pleasure and themselves.

I was once a man, not a great man, not a saintly man, but a good man, and a man nonetheless.

Alack, there lies more peril in thine eyeThan twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

It is a quite special secret pleasure how the people around us fail to realize what is really happening to them.

Forethought spares afterthought.

How can you be more subject; black woman in a white man's world?

My intentions were not to fascinate the world with my personality.

Leadership matters and solving things before a crisis is important.

Any room where you feel a good vibe is a good place to write.

Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat.