He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun.

That age is best which is the first When youth and blood are warmer.

Then be not coy, but use your time; And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry.

But ne'er the rose without the thorn.

Bid me despair, and I'll despair,Under that cypress tree;Or bid me die, and I will dareE'en Death, to die for thee.

Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.

What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.

Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.

Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, Which is as white and hairless as an egg.

Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying: And this same flower that smiles to day, Tomorrow will be dying.

Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.

You have the power. You have the magic to transform the world

Simplicity is oftenest an adroit pretence.

There are no golden geese. There are only fat geese eating the food that could nourish more athletic opportunities for women.

If you think of spiritual practice as unpleasant work - it is not spiritual practice as I know it.

Without a pen in my hand I can't think.

My chronology is terrible. [Work with William Shawn] must have some ago. It was after he was fired by Newhouse. After New - when Newhouse bought The New Yorker, he said in one of those grand press

It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived.

If any of our songs ever did make it on the top ten, I'd disband the group immediately.

Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.