Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.

Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.

Through the sunset of hope, Like the shapes of a dream, What paradise islands of glory gleam!

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth!

Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, - To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress Its music.

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

At every given moment we are absolutely perfect for what is required for our journey.

While grief is fresh every attempt to divert it only irritates.

My plan was never to be an actor like my father...

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousn ess.

Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.

The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you.

No, really. I free you.' I don't want to be free.

I always knew I'd accomplish something very special - like robbing a bank perhaps.

I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes.