Knowledge cannot defile, nor consequently the books, if the will and conscience be not defiled.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea.

O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!

Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.

There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.

Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her.

I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle.

When people feel doubt in their hearts, a certainty might be felt in an ice cream.

All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.

All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Success is predictable.

I'm not a massive fan of just playing myself on screen. If you can play lots of different characters, that's fun. As long as the material is good, that's what the attraction is for me.

Under Trump, the US will give its blessing to Israeli imperialism and racism.

I have stunning friends. I value my friendships as I value my family.

I think people feel safer being sad than they do being joyful.

How is it possible to miss a woman whom you kept at a distance, so that when she was gone you would not miss her?

Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.