In a letter to a friend the thought is often unimportant, and the feeling, if it be only a desire to entertain him, every thing.

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!

The country in which I live is not my native country that lies elsewhere and it must always be the center of my longings.

When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild and freak out and do anything they want to do.

My sin is the black spot which my bad act makes, seen against the disk of the Sun of Righteousness. Hence religion and sin come and go together.

It is only when men associate with the wicked with the desire and purpose of doing them good, that they can rely upon the protection of God to preserve them from contamination.

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or men.

For the longest time, it felt kind of like my chest was cracking open, but not precisely in an unpleasant way.

Despite all those years of abusing your lungs, your kidneys, your liver the only thing you've had removed is your kids.

The only time is Now. All other times - past, present, and parallel - can be accessed in this moment of Now, and may be changed for the better.

Hope is itself a species of happiness.