Pow'r above pow'rs! O heavenly eloquence! That with the strong rein of commanding words, Dost manage, guide, and master th' eminence Of men's affections, more than all their swords!

The stars that have most glory have no rest.

Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.

Thus doth the ever-changing course of things Run a perpetual circle, ever turning; And that same day, that highest glory brings, Brings us unto the point of back-returning.

Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born; Relive my languish, and restore the light.

The greatest works of admiration, And all the fair examples of renown. Out of distress and misery are grown.

Love is a sickness full of woes, all remedies refusing.

Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using.

Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.

Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.

Flattery, the dangerous nurse of vice.

Preaching love disguised as hate is worst than screaming aloud to the world the darkness within you

Remember who you are, what you stand for, and what's most important in your life…

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.

What police officer would dare ticket Death's minivan?

the important thing is not what we (look) like,but the role we play in our best friend's life.

The hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else.

The more famous I get, the more I am tolerated, albeit with some head-shaking.

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

There’s only one thing worse than not satisfying a desire. And that is not to feel any desire.

You can never predict how something will land.