Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.

Politics is history in the making.

The [budget] deficit isn't the immediate problem for most people, the weak economy is.

I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate.

I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river. (253)

What society does to its children, so will its children do to society.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

To be happy, drop the words 'if only' and substitute instead the words 'next time'.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

We tend to put poems into factions. And it restricts our reading.