That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, and fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

I am the Richest man on earth because I am the Happiest man on earth. After all, isn’t Happiness the Greatest Wealth in Life?

When you change, everything around you changes. That’s magic!

Once you become aware of knowledge and you are conscious of knowledge, there is no going back to the previous conscious state of mind.

All the roads of life end in death.

True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology.

The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever.

If he's alive, everything is in his power! Whose fault is it that he doesn't understand that?

My muse must come to me on union time.

Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.

What I am after is the first impression - I want to show all one sees on first entering the room - what my eye takes in at first glance.