He replies nothing but monosyllables. I believe he would make three bites of a cherry.

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

You have the capacity to do the work.Find the willpower to begin work.

Marriage is more about snore strips and flannel nightgowns than candlelight dinners.

Stay open. You may find your tribe where you least expect it.

It is not death we fear but the thought of it.

What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal.

Unless we learn the lesson of self-appreciation and practice it, we shall spend our lives imitating other people and deprecating ourselves.

Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.

It's funny but when young people say to me "what can I study to be a force for change, should I study law or biology or business?" My answer is music, drama, journalism, communications.

I just never really thought there could be something worse than death.