Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.

God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

Every time I tried kissing happiness, it came very close to me and then pushed me away.

People who want More must first have the Courage to Walk out of the Door.

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

Medicare in particular, will run out of money, and we will not be able to sustain that program.

While we are guarding the country, we must accept being the guardian of the finest ethics. The country needs it and we must do it.

No masters or kings when the ritual begins [making love] There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene Only then I am human Only then I am clean

The fact that I’m silent doesn’t mean I have nothing to say.

Doesn't know much, but leads the league in nostril hair.

In a rural society communities are "given" for the individual. Community is a fact, whether family or religion, social class or caste.

In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.