Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze; but time and thunder pay respect to bays.

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.

Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade And keeps that palace of the soul serene.

Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.

Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.

The rising sun complies with our weak sight, First gilds the clouds, then shows his globe of light At such a distance from our eyes, as though He knew what harm his hasty beams would do.

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

To love is to believe, to hope, to know; 'Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!

All things but one you can restore; the heart you get returns no more.

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.

Your thoughts are magnets. You attract what you think, and it becomes your reality.

Character depends on characters. Few people are character. Other's should try to opt one but they don't, they lose.

Take courage; pain's extremity soon ends.

Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment; unreasonable men try to adapt their environment to themselves. Thus all progress is the result of the efforts of unreasonable men.

To be a painter now is to be part of a very small, endangered species.

(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out.

I look real good and feel even better, I make a burlap sack look like a cashmere sweater.

It is better to be early than too late in recognizing the passing of one era, the waning of old investment favorites and the advent of a new era affording new opportunities for the investor.

One must use the night.

I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.