I certainly think that the best book in the world would owe the most to a good index, and the worst book, if it had but a single good thought in it, might be kept alive by it.

Oh, sweet thy current by town and by tower, The green sunny vale and the dark linden bower; Thy waves as they dimple smile back on the plain, And Rhine, ancient river, thou'rt German again!

A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.

Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.

Let us express love to lead and lead to love.

The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how.

I was able to put something back. I was able to be of help to [Frank Sinatra] when he needed my help - and he did need somebody's help.

Don't waste your time searching and wishing. Grow and be ready...and you'll see God will give you a love story far better than you could ever dreamed of.

Every morning I wake up and see, The most handsome man lying next to me. He's the one I cherish and love, A blessing sent from Heaven above. I will love him as a faithful wife

Me, rule? Me, place the State under my law, when my feeble reason no longer rules even myself!

Honor is but an empty bubble.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness.