Love differs from all the other contagious diseases: the last time a man is exposed to it, he takes it most readily, and has it the worst!

The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air.

A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.

Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.

Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again.

The creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being interfered with by prayers.

Never a tear bedims the eye That time and patience will not dry.

If, of all words of tongue and pen, The saddest are, It might have been,' More sad are these we daily see: 'It is, but hadn't ought to be!'

The dominant expression of a child is gravity.

For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.

Each lost day has its patron saint!

If we followed our feelings all the time we´d be like cats chasin´ their tails.

Real strength isn’t control. It’s knowing when to let go.

this grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres, of blessings....the merry dance of death and trade goes on

There's no such thing as information overload-only filter failure.

Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.

I will always believe our nation's best days lie ahead.

In general, modern art... has been inspired by a natural desire to chart the uncharted.

Like most modern Americans, I assume individuality is not only a fundamental value, but a goal in life, an art form.

But the world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.

There's no greater feeling than moving a man from Point A to Point B, against his will.