No one loves the messenger who brings bad news.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.

We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.

A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

Sister - if all this is true, what could I do or undo?

A city which belongs to just one man is no true city

But if I am young, thou shouldest look to my merits, not to my years.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater.That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes, Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul, Pointing out the way to infamy and shame." - Creon

I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life

Happiness should never be your ultimate goal as you can experience it everyday, it’s a matter of choice

Order is a slippery thing: it's in the eyes of the beholder and the judgments of the powerful. Safety is clearer: it's freedom from violence and intrusion.

When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.

I never spoke about politics, with the exception of Election Night.

The reward of a work is to have produced it; the reward of effort is to have grown by it.

If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.

chromosomal dance oh, heavenly happenstance rare creation, you -Marcus (Poetry Spam #22)

Who decides whether you shall be happy or unhappy? You do!

It might be said of psychoanalysis that if you give it your little finger it will soon have your whole hand.

Monastic brotherhood, upon rock Aerial.