Nature I'll court in her sequester'd haunts, By mountain, meadow, streamlet, grove, or cell; Where the pois'd lark his evening ditty chants, And health, and peace, and contemplation dwell.

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

I think for my part one half of the nation is mad - and the other not very sound.

One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage.

The capital is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

Opposition is the very spur of love.

Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.

Glory is the child of peril.

Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.

And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard.

Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices.

Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds.

If you know how it’s to be treated unfairly, you will be gentle with others.

If the afternoon had been blue, there might have been less desire.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Since PTSD is being exposed to death and the death of someone close, I felt really close to [the soldiers].

When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals.

I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

Big doors swing on little hinges.

My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.