The religion of Christ is peace and good-will,--the religion of Christendom is war and ill-will.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

If we don't start caring about whether people tell the truth or not, it's going to be literally impossible to restore anything approaching reasonable political discourse.

I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.

A mother has, perhaps, the hardest earthly lot; and yet no mother worthy of the name ever gave herself thoroughly for her child who did not feel that, after all, she reaped what she had sown.

We have more than enough resources in the world. The only thing we don't have is brains in Washington.

Do not be deceived by the outward appearance of age or youth - a new pitcher may be full of good, old wine, while an old one may be totally empty.

Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault.

Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.

Donald Trump needs to understand the Republican establishment - they're not going to be his friend, either.