The distance from nothing to a little, is ten thousand times more, than from it to the highest degree in this life.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

End of a matter is better than its beginning

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.

I'm definitely an American, because I grew up here. But I've lived very happily in Britain.

There are many more attempts to define happiness than unhappiness. It is because people know all too well what unhappiness is.

I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.

To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor.

Every one must be familiar with the often expressed opinion, that, as a practical politician, Mr. Mill's career was essentially a failure.

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.

Dying is something you have no control over. Why waste your life being afraid of it?