There is something inexpressibly beautiful in the unused day, something beautiful in the fact that it is still untouched, unsoiled; and town and country share alike in this loveliness.

I love the sea with its impenetrable fathoms, its wash and undertow, and rasp of shingle sucked anew.

Nature is full for us of seeming inconsistencies and glad surprises.

If only you could see the greatness in yourself, you wouldn't envy the greatness in others.

Don't make excuses. Make commitments and stick to them.

Roses are red Violets are blue Everything's possible Nothing is true.

Heaven is a homegrown cucumber

Our effort to build stability through authoritarians in the Middle East for 60 years had given us neither democracy nor stability.

Very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears and reads than most people know.

I'd rather be honest and lose than be dishonest and win

Start early – the sooner you start, the more you will have in your account when you retire. I actually waited until 30 before contributing…that was a big mistake.

He whom passion rules, is bent to meet his death.

Christianity is merely a system for turning priestesses into handmaidens, queens into concubines, and goddesses into muses.