Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!

What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

Surely the stars are images of love.

Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

Give little people a little power, and it goes straight to their ugly, little heads. -Foot talks about authority

I've already done enough to have earned 'good driver,' so if I can be known as a great person and a good driver, that's better than only being a great driver.

I was in love with a whirlwind, so when the girl threw me over, I went home and finished my novel.

I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice

If you want to find out what it means to have a society without any rituals, read the New York Times.

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille

The more one learns, the more he understands his ignorance.

I don't want to spend a fortune on my cremation urn, but I really do want to look nice at my memorial service.

She [Hillary Clinton] knew that's who he[Bill clinton] was before they got married. It would have been hypocritical for her to insist on monogamy.

If you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.