Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

When a man does a queer thing, or two queer things, there may be a meaning to it, but when everything he does is queer, then you begin to wonder

It is good to have a reason for every action you perform other than blaming others for your faults.

We(humans) have immortal capabilities, its just that we take them for granted.

We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.

He did nothing in particular And did it very well.

I do not belong to any religion. Everything is between God and myself.

I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.

Everybody is wondering what Paris Hilton will be doing next, and hell, I'm wondering what she did before.

The best university is the university of life.

Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.