If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery

Oh human creatures, born to soar aloft, Why fall ye thus before a little wind?

There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness.

Come on, shake off the covers of this sloth, for sitting softly cushioned, or tucked in bed, is no way to win fame.

All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

The weapons of divine justice are blunted by the confession and sorrow of the offender.

I do not regret one moment of my life.

For a long while she only looked at him ... as if she didn't want to interrupt the beautiful moment with words.

Society in itself is no great harm, but unsatisfied social aspirations are a bad and ugly business. We must certainly accept, and we will.

Every sunset I witness inspires me with the desire to go to West as distant and as fair as that which the sun goes down. Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free.

By virtue of my traditions, and my community, I worked hard to ensure that I was accepted as part of the traditional family of America.

Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me.

The poorest people either don't have cars or actually don't drive very far in many cases.

You can't even sing or play an instrument, so you just scream instead. You're living for an image, so you got five hundred women in your bed.

I figured out early on what I wanted to do.