The reconciling grave swallows distinction first, that made us foes; there all lie down in peace together.

Pity's akin to love; and every thought Of that soft kind is welcome to my soul.

When guilt is in its blush of infancy, it trembles in a tenderness of shame; and the first eye that pierces through the veil that hides the secret brings it to the face

Distress is virtue's opportunity: we only live to teach us how to die.

There is no courage but in innocence; no constancy but in an honest cause.

Pity is akin to love.

Lying's a certain mark of cowardice.

An oath is a recognizance to heaven, binding us over in the courts above to plead to the indictment of our crimes.

Words may be counterfeit, false coined, and current only from the tongue, without the mind; but passion is in the soul, and always speaks the heart.

Done and over with ... weeding is a must, it's necessary!

Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it back in a second flowering at the age of 70 to 90.

Art is like ham-it nourishes people.

There are forces at work you do not perceive. I weave a delicate strategy which rash actions could rend. Patience , please.

Before claiming that your own country have the best mountain or have the most wonderful forest or have the prettiest temple, first travel around the world!

The quintessential bad - luck position. Pucks can go off bodies, skates, bounce into the net.

Solitude is impractical, and society fatal. We must keep our head in the one and our hands in the other. The conditions are met, if we keep our independence, yet do not lose our sympathy.

It can be a bit of a hindrance when you walk into a restaurant for a quiet meal and one or two launch into 'psycho, psycho'!

Mingling religion with politics may be disavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America.

One of the marks of a great teacher lies not only in an ability to impart knowledge but also in knowing when to encourage a student to go off on his own.