The world is weary of the past, Oh, might it die or rest at last!

Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.

Through the sunset of hope, Like the shapes of a dream, What paradise islands of glory gleam!

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth!

Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, - To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress Its music.

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

A great purpose with great commitment can definitely create a great life with great value

The precautions of nervous people re infectious, and persons of a like temperament are pretty sure, after a time, to imitate them.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

I have a lot of aggression in me that needs to come out in a not-very-precise or articulate way.

The definition of success is total preparation.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.

We're the weirdest monkeys ever.

Continued inflation inevitably leads to catastrophe.

When we meet someone and we fall in love we don’t ever imagine that it’s going to end.