Oh! would I were dead now Or up in my bed now To cover my head now And have a good cry!

With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread.

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!

Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!

My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread.

Coquetry is the champagne of love.

There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon.

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

I remember, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn.

Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

Be strong in spirit.

Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.

Hatred is prevalent on this earth because it requires no real effort, unlike the investment it takes to genuinely understand a person.

I like you. Therefore I will decorate you with qualities you don't have.

Being a goalkeeper is like being the guy in the military who makes the bombs - one mistake and everyone gets blown up.

Never concede to evil.... When we concede to evil, even in a small way, we feed it, and it grows stronger.

We have done a tremendous disservice, not only to Middle East, we've done a tremendous disservice to humanity.

As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.

Information is the currency of democracy. It's denial must always be suspect.

His enemies had counted on the lions taking care of Daniel. What they hadn't counted on was his God taking care of Daniel.