Much in sorrow, oft in woe, Onward, Christians, onward go.

Poetry has been to me something more than amusement, it has been a cheering companion when I had no other to fly to, a delightful solace.

Earthly pride is like the passing flower, that springs to fall, and blossoms but to die.

To wind the mighty secrets of the past, And turn the key of time.

The past is dead, and has no resurrection.

We should teach our children to make friends with us, to communicate all their thoughts to us ... by this we find many opportunities of teaching them important truths, almost without knowing.

Goodness, Time's rude hand defies, And winter lives when beauty dies.

I, a Laconian dog, can bite again: Yes, I can make the Daunian tiger flee, Much more a bragging, foul-mouth'd whelp like thee.

So, on the eastern summit, clad in gray, morn, like a horseman girt for travel, comes, and from his tower of mist night's watchman hurries down.

And care, whom not the gayest can outbrave, Pursues its feeble victim to the grave.

Christianity is not a mere set of opinions to be embraced by understanding. It is the work of the heart as well as the head.

Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving.

O that our dreamings all, of sleep or wake, Would all their colours from the sunset take.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

I never let politics get personal. You can have the most intense, heated debate on issues, and so long as you keep it on issues, you can go out and have coffee afterwards and you're good friends.

The greatest motivator of change is a crystal-clear vision of what the future should look like.

The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life.

And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo.

Our words set the direction for our lives.

The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real.

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.