Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions date descry.

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.

It is dangerous to become useless to God

The dream is not a drug but a way. Listen to where it can take you.

Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.

Almost any garden, if you see it at just the right moment, can be confused with paradise.

All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different.

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.

I think our animals are angels, earth-angels, pointing out for us the steadfast path of love, loyalty, optimism, faith, joy, hope. They teach us everything important about life.

Hope is a slow business.

The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear.

It is hard, if not impossible, to snub a beautiful woman - they remain beautiful and the snub recoils.