Misses! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry-- Choose not alone a proper mate, But proper time to marry.

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.

Grief is itself a medicine.

How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too!

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Deprived of human intercourse, I inevitably overvalue the imagination and expect it to make the mundane glow with an aura of self-transcendence.

Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

It's OK to be down in the dumps - just don't stay there too long.

Men have learned the secret of unity.

To think about love and passion and political correctness all together, it doesn't work. Art has to go way past the political to be effective.

Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then youre bound to live life fully.

Death always before dishonor. (Julian)

Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked.

Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.