Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state.

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

You become great when you are eager to find and nourish greatness in the hearts of others.

Chits knew no ideology.

Yet hopefully things are different now, and I'm moving on to something better rather than attempting to suck more out of the same stale situation.

Just when it's the two of us, he doesn't whine as much.

Man created language to be understood. It should be normal to understand what people convey to us. Fear, ulterior motives, and closed mindedness are the enemies of understanding.

[on Queen Mother] Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death.

Time matters less than the nature of the people.

Believe in yourself and don't care about haters.

Entrepreneurs don't finish when we are tired. We finish when we are done.

Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.