Thought is the measure of life.

The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won.

To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in.

Sweet music! sacred tongue of God.

The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind from being silent brutes to singing men.

If all the world must see the world As the world the world hath seen, Then it were better for the world That the world have never been.

When in God thou believest, near God thou wilt certainly be.

Life will be lengthened while growing, for Thought is the measure of life.

Love leads to present rapture,-then to pain; But all through Love in time is healed again.

Time fleeth on, Youth soon is gone, Naught earthly may abide; Life seemeth fast, But may not last-- It runs as runs the time.

What is a kiss? Alacke! at worst, A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst, Tho' oft it prooves, in happie Hour, The first swete Dropp of our long Showre.

More free time means more time to waste. The worker who used to have only a little time in which to get drunk and beat his wife now has time to get drunk beat his wife - and watch TV.

I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.

I waited a lot of years and I dealt with a lot of criticism about certain things on my face, and once I turned 21, I still felt that I wanted to change that, so I did.

We cannot adopt the way of living that was satisfactory a hundred years ago. The world in which we live has changed, and we must change with it.

If youre gonna put your faith in something, then it better shape who you are and what people see in you.

I'm a creature of the night for God's sake And she wants me home by eleven?

Oh God, baby...love me.

I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected

The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become

Eddie's up there. He's lyin' to somebody, he's cheatin' somebody, and he's stolen all of our hearts.