No man was ever yet a great poet without at the same time being a profound philosopher.

Twere better far That gods should quaff their nectar merrily, And men sing out the day like grasshoppers, So may they haply lull the watchful thunder.

Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.

Oh, where is man That mortal god, that hath no mortal kin Or like on earth? Shall Nature's orator The interpreter of all her mystic strains Shall he be mute in Nature's jubilee?

With all your music, loud and lustily, With every dainty joy of sight and smell, Prepare a banquet meet to entertain The Lord of Thunder, that hath set you free From old oppression.

If we take care of the inches, we will not have to worry about the miles.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing.

Go your way. Forget Prometheus, And all the woe that he is doom'd to bear; By his own choice this vile estate preferring To ignorant bliss and unfelt slavery.

Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be; But if for any wish thou darest not pray, Then pray to God to cast that wish away.

Man is more than half of nature's treasure.

The soul of man is larger than the sky, Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark Of the unfathomed center.

The dedicated life is the life worth living.

On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.

We become aware, however, that all customs, even the hardest, grow pleasanter and milder with time, and that the severest way of life may become a habit and therefore a pleasure.

Evil is in the face of every frat guy that ever raised a beer cup and went "whoooooo!"

If we could let go of our faith in money, who knows what we might put in its place?

Never believe straight off in a man's unhappiness. Ask him if he can still sleep. If the answer's "yes," all's well. That is enough.

Nature gropes and blunders and performs the crudest acts. There is no steady advance upward. There is no design.

A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.

When you look at bands like Take That, who have come back bigger than ever, you can see there will always be a market for good pop bands.

Lay aside life-harming heaviness, And entertain a cheerful disposition.