Religion pervades intensely the whole frame of society, and is according to the temper of the mind which it inhabits, a passion, a persuasion, an excuse, a refuge; never a check.

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.

After you discover your purpose, you have to build a platform for your calling

God can turn your biggest flaws into your biggest cause.

When men change, maybe Bond will change.

It is not the misuse of power that is evil; the very existence of power is an evil.

Criminals have means motive and opportunity – Heros do too

It's not harder to hear the inner voice when you're in a relationship, but it's more of a challenge to follow it.

Capitalism has given people both the liberty and the incentive to create, produce, and trade, thereby generating prosperity.

Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.

All the heat and fear had purged itself. I felt surprisingly at peace. The bell jar hung suspended a few feet above my head. I was open to the circulating air.