We must not pluck death from the Maker's hand.

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!

What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

Surely the stars are images of love.

Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?

At moments we are all artists.

There was enough tension in the room to send a fleet of the nervous running for their tranquilizers.

The waste from power plants is essentially what is left over when you burn coal. And as we all know, coal is a relatively dirty mineral.

People who treat waitresses or waiters rudely - or taxi drivers - I have very little tolerance for those people. They work really hard. They deserve courtesy and respect.

I always wear make-up as I've never seen the point of looking less than your best.

Someday, the Chicago Cubs are going to be in the World Series...

Cuba is a wonderful country. What Castro’s done is superb.

When you live life with him or without him, that is when he will accept and value you for who you are.

As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of its shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly precious.