The brave man is not he who feels no fear For that were stupid and irrational But he whose noble soul its fear subdues And barely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

Good-morrow to thy sable beak, And glossy plumage, dark and sleek, Thy crimson moon and azure eye

A willing heart adds feather to the heel.

If my heart were not light, I would die.

Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.

I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!

The bliss even of a moment still is bliss.

My day is closed! the gloom of night is come! a hopeless darkness settles over my fate.

But woman's grief is like a summer storm, Short as it violent is.

A woman is seldom roused to great and courageous exertion but when something most dear to her is in immediate danger.

I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments!

A little self-doubt is a good thing, " said Jia, "but not excessive doubt. Sometimes we live up to the stories others tell about us.

What we value matters, we become what we are connected to.

Whatever you are, do not even assume that you will be surrounded and gnawed by luxurious worms of an exquisite breed.

Blonde hair drawn into a no-nonsense bun, her new manicure the deep red of fresh blood, she’d even donned a blouse and slacks for the occasion, something Neve had forgotten Veronica owned.

No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.

Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead.

I've created a chaotic life, and then I get on edge because of it.

Those who start wars, never fight them, And those who fight wars, they never like them...

When I cook, it's something nobody else would enjoy.