Prompt to move but firm to wait - knowing things rashly sought are rarely found.

Then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils.

one daffodil is worth a thousand pleasures, then one is too few.

Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills When all at once I saw a crowd A host of golden daffodils Beside the lake beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

To feel is to go to the places you were.

I've got everything I need: a nice piece of land with hawks and owls and incredible sunsets, and the good will of my neighbors.

I always tell students that the first question to ask about any historical action is this: who makes money out of the deal?

All nights end, and all storms clear. The only storms that last are those within your own soul.

I will never apologize to the Jewish community for telling the truth

Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours. [Lat., Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis; Quas dederis, selas semper habebis opes.]

Any great organization can go through sectarian phases.

I do what I have to do," I say. I do what I have to do to save him. I do what I have to do to save Todd.

First of all, I don't think that America is truly prepared for a biological or a chemical attack. However, we are moving in the right direction.

And thence from Athens turn away our eyes To seek new friends and stranger companies.