Piety--warm, soft, and passive as the ether round the throne of Grace--is made callous and inactive by kneeling too much.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

I told her it takesa lot of solitude to write a poem.She told me it takes a lot of solitudeto die.

There's only one woman I want.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

If we choose to see things positively and trust in God, he will fulfill his purpose in our lives.

Happiness comes from our response to the conditions of our lives.

I have always emphasized the willingness to discard.

With all the trouble black people have, they try to forget on weekends. You've got to be good to make them laugh.

Cisco has not and does not design products for the purpose of political censorship.

Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.

Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was: O my Best Beloved, when the tame animals were wild.