Merciful Father, I will not complain. I know that the sunshine shall follow the rain.

Physiognomy is often a great falsifier, though as a rule it is honest enough.

Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles, Hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven.

Lonely as God, and white as a winter moon, Mount Shasta starts up sudden and solitary from the heart of the great black forests of Northern California

In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still, In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I do not dare to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.

Men say, "By pride the angels fell from heaven." By pride they reached a place from which they fell!

UNDER THE STORM AND THE CLOUD TODAY, AND TODAY THE HARD PERIL AND PAIN - TOMORROW THE STONE WILL BE ROLLED AWAY, FOR THE SUNSHINE SHALL FOLLOW THE RAIN

I throw a kiss across the sea, I drink the winds as drinking wine, And dream they all are blown from thee, I catch the whisper'd kiss of thine.

The bravest battle that ever was fought; Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you will find it not; It was fought by the mothers of men.

All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him who tries and fails and dies, I give great honor and glory and tears.

The biggest dog has been a pup.

Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith.

I've been into fashion since birth. I grew up in the 'hood, and everybody in the 'hood wants to compensate for being in poverty, so they want to look good to keep themselves up.

Software is more important than hardware.

Every virtuous act has some Dark secret in its heart; every risk we take contains a mystery that can’t be solved.

Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.

I would like to thank the Cypriot people for their maturity and collectedness shown in their interactions with the Cypriot Banks.

Nothing has man invented yet that will do a better job than heels at making a good pair of legs look great, or great ones look fabulous.

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.

One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.

If you want to civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.