The Sun shineth as well on the good as the bad: God from on high beholdeth all the workers of iniquity, as well as the upright of heart.

Beauty is but a flower, which wrinkles will devour.

From winter, plague and pestilence, good lord, deliver us!

Beauty is but a flower Which wrinkles will devour; Brightness falls from the air; Queens have died young and fair; Dust hath closed Helen's eye.

Our learning ought to be our lives' amendment, and the fruits of our private study ought to appear in our public behavior.

Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant king

Shape your coat according to your cloth.

Poetry is the honey of all flowers, the quintessence of all sciences, the marrow of wit, and the very phrase of angels.

New herrings, new!' we must cry, every time we make ourselves public, or else we shall be christened with a hundred new titles of idiotism.

Immortal Spenser, no frailty hath thy fame but the imputation of this idiot's friendship!

Blest is that government where no art thrives.

No lake so still but it has its wave.No circle so perfect but that it has its blur.I would change things for you if I could

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

Atheism certainly promotes a low view of humanity- how much lower can you get than thinking yourself an accidental by-product of a series of even larger accidents!

... every monarch needs a blow on the head, from time to time.

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

I love Adele and Lykke Li. I also listen to classical music as well.

Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle.

I've been on the road for so long that it's a part of my being. Even after all these years, I love playing. I love recording. I love writing. I love rehearsing. I love touring. I love all that stuff.

We must learn to be honest with ourselves, and know our shortcomings. We will acquire cohesion but we will pay dearly for being a slow pupil.