In vain our labours are, whatsoe'er they be, unless God gives the Benediction.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun.

That age is best which is the first When youth and blood are warmer.

Then be not coy, but use your time; And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry.

But ne'er the rose without the thorn.

Bid me despair, and I'll despair,Under that cypress tree;Or bid me die, and I will dareE'en Death, to die for thee.

Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.

What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.

Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.

He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke.

Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, Which is as white and hairless as an egg.

Illustrations can be a big window: a looking glass into the author's imagination.

Well my biggest dream is to be in a romantic comedy.

'Cause we are each other's angels And we meet when it is time We keep each other going And we show each other signs

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

The only monster here is the gambling monster that has enslaved your mother, and I call him Gamblor!

I believe that the flag of the Confederate States of America is a painful symbol and reminder of racial injustice and slavery which Abraham Lincoln denounced from here over 150 years ago.

A lot of people don't know about music, but buy records. A lot of people that know about music can't afford to buy records.

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives

I was always athletic and I could do a lot of things

During a carnival, men put masks over their masks.