Therefore the love which us doth bind, But fate so enviously debars, Is the conjunction of the mind, And opposition of the stars.

But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near.

Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.

Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.

Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.

The world in all doth but two nations bear- The good, the bad; and these mixed everywhere.

Art indeed is long, but life is short.

The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace.

And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept their time.

I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To be a little wilderness.

Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run

Children content with parents who are physically close, tantalizingly so, but mentally elsewhere.

It doesn't matter how old you are.It does matter how much you care.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

The thing that makes me feel powerful is when I make a decision about something and I make it happen.

For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you are a wise man, Van Helsing.

Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change.

The easy way out is to approve an early retirement plan one year but not pay out sick and vacation time to deserving employees until three years later. Unfortunately, later is now.

Duty is ours, results are God's.

The biggest risk factor for cancer is aging.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'