Poets, not otherwise than philosophers, painters, sculptors, and musicians, are, in one sense, the creators, and, in another, the creations, of their age.

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.

Risks must balance rewards.

Learning to think beyond a single dimension, look beyond the surface, love more than one color and enjoy the world of differences.

Only fools worship their tools

Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself.

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.

You try to play the song better than you had before.

The most uninteresting thing for me is when somebody thinks too much about how they put themselves together.

You don't pay the price for success, you enjoy the benefits of success.