Poetry is something to make us wiser and better by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth which God has set in all men's souls.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' is one of the most famous books of all Japanese literature, written by the great poet Basho in 1689.

The longer I go on, the more I am aware of the power of finance.

Your only shame is to have shame.

But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses nor fine furniture.

I've got my wife. I've got my four kids. I've got parents, grandparents still, and three really good friends. It's all you need. I'd rather have three really good friends than 20 good friends.

Where I grew up has had a huge influence on me. It's a place where there aren't many people and there's lots of sky.

Kenny Norton hit me so hard that it still hurts. Now there was a case of two fighters who did not like each other.

Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.

Every movie is a love story.

I went to Annapolis for tougher laws to hold cops accountable. I'm fighting to bring back the trust between the police and the community.