Variety's the source of joy below, From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow, In books and love the mind one end pursues, And only change the expiring flames renews.

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

Fair is the marigold, for pottage meet.

Thus shadow owes its birth to light.

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.

Envy is a kind of praise.

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.

Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.

From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

Listen for “Moments” — and Make it Personal

She kissed their knife marred bodies, for every act of war has, at its heart, an act of mercy.

All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well.

I'm still alive, and I don't lose sleep because I have done what I feel I needed to do, it was the right thing to do and I am not going to be afraid.

There's this absurd innate need in most men to feel that they're more powerful than women are, which is ridiculous.

There is something about street dogs, about rescues; they have this knowing sense about them.

I always ask the question, "Is this what I want in my life?

Design is the art of planning, and it is the art of making things possible.

Looking back on a happy life, one realizes that one was not happy all the time.