He was the freeman whom the truth made free; Who first of all, the bands of Satan broke; Who broke the bands of sin, and for his soul, In spite of fools consulted seriously.

Rumour was the messenger Of defamation, and so swift, that none Could be the first to tell an evil tale.

Who born so poor, Of intellect so mean, as not to know What seem'd the best; and knowing not to do? As not to know what God and conscience bade, And what they bade not able to obey?

That bitter word, which closed all earthly friendships and finished every feast of love farewell!

Living jewels dropped unstained from heaven.

Enjoyment stops where indolence begins.

Mercy stood in the cloud, with eye that wept Essential love.

Sin is dark and loves the dark, still hides from itself in gloom, and in the darkest hell is still itself the darkest hell and the severest woe.

Of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist Of time, though meagre all and ghostly thin; Most unsubstantial, unessential shade Was earthly fame.

All are friends in heaven, all faithful friends, And many friendships in the days of Time Begun, are lasting there and growing still.

But the unfaithful priest, what tongue Enough, shall execrate?

Dreams of changing the world could only be realized by properly investing time into learning.

When we hold-on to someone's imperfections we become emotionally pair-bonded to their maladies.

For the longest time, I saw them as the end of my journey, but now I think they were always meant to represent the beginning of yours.

To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult with every year. "The Distant Music of the Hounds, " 1954

Animosity killed the elephant.

It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.

Ain't nothing too discreet about the disease of conceit.

I respect newspapers but the reality is that magazine "photojournalism" is finished. They want illustrations, Photoshopped pictures of movie stars.

It's curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you're saving money.

Things that you cannot face in yourself you will hate when you see them in someone else.