One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Too low they build who build below the skies.

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?.

How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!... Midway from nothing to the Deity!

Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.

Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life!

1980's: not a time period but a state of mind.

Life is spent by different people in different ways.

My friends tell me I'm the most boring celebrity they know! A typical night for me is at home in California or watching movies in my pyjamas.

I can testify to what UNICEF means to children, because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II.

And she never could remember; and ever since that day what Lucy means by a good story is a story which reminds her of the forgotten story in the Magician's Book.

According to a recent survey, men say the first thing they notice about women is their eyes. And women say the first thing they notice about men is they're a bunch of liars.

Waning moons their settled periods keep, to swell the billows and ferment the deep.

Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we were never able to do.

I'm taking my rats. Those are my friends for the tour. Thelma and Louise. They're so cute.

One thing you’ll say for skeletons, they’ll always give you a smile.