Truth is man's proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.

A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly.

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.

Yet there's something ominous about turning sixty-five. Suddenly old age is not a phenomenon which will occur; it has occurred.

The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.

He had only to touch me to turn my tears into sighs and my anger to desire. How accomodating love is; it forgives everything.

Is That All There Is?

Guns arent the problem; sick people are.

Forever," he vowed, still a little staggered. "That's all I'm asking for," I said.

The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds.