Praise is a debt we owe unto the virtue of others, and due unto our own from all whom malice hath not made mutes, or envy struck dumb.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

We are God’s holy temple. The Spirit dwells in us.

You're scared of what you can't control

And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.

A hot iron, though blunt, will pierce sooner than a cold one, though sharper.

[Never underestimate] the power of dinner.

I remain close to my people. I keep singing with them.

When you're advancing a frontier it stimulates creativity to find solutions.

I got balls the size of grapefruits!