The sublime is contained in a grain of dust.

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.

Kindness is an act to transform lives.

Home is the nicest word there is.

Only the Army conducts an annual assessment, and they appear to do relatively little to analyze the problem, contributions to the problem, and potential solutions.

War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace.

Behind the proscenium arch, you can't always hear what people in the audience are saying.

For when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through places without water, seeking rest; and not finding. . .

You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait.

If we try to 'protect ourselves', our nation-states begin to look like prisons.

However much we hate the law, we are more afraid of grace

I would a great deal rather be anything, say professor of history, than vice president.