The brightest attractions to the lover too often prove the husband's greatest torments

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

Some people are born to weirdness, ” Jerry said, “and others have weirdness thrust upon them.

There is, after all, no pleasure like that given by a woman who really wants to see you.

A person who does not get attached to anything, and never forgets to do his duty, will achieve everything.

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.

It's not a matter of maintaining the status quo. We have to create a dynamic state, oriented towards expansion.

Launch out into the deep. One discovers by living in scorn of consequence.

I've gone through a lot of stuff in my life so far. There are stories I haven't really been able to tell.

Music dissolves the straight and narrow.

The West can teach the East how to get a living, but the East must eventually be asked to show the West how to live.

But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.