In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair The bees are stirring, birds are on the wing, And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of spring.

We do not go (to the theatre) like our ancestors to escape from the pressure of reality so much as to confirm our experience of it.

When it comes to 'Glee, ' I feel like I've been in a relationship, and now I can mingle a bit.

But you can count the dead bodies from alcohol, tobacco, and legal pharmaceuticals by the millions.

Excessive drinking is not good for my health, my family or my game. There has definitely been a change, and I feel better for it.

There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook.

There is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides.

I really did not think much about the size of the transfer fee when I left Barcelona because it was all down to market forces, not me.

The poor live slow and hard; the rich, fast and easy. The rest of us shuffle along as we may.

To be influenced by a magazine and, say, a Swedish theme, unless it resonates with you, it seems kind of odd and influenced.

Socialism is a dead horse.