Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity

In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection

Water is the best of all things.

Learn what you are and be such.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.

Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.

Middle age is when you have a choice of two temptations and choose the one that will get you home earlier.

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

There is no debate here, just scientists and non-scientists. And since the subject is science, the non-scientists don't get a vote.

It's getting late have you seen my mates, Ma tell me when the boys get here, It's seven o'clock and I want to rock, Want to get a belly full of beer...

It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.

Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?

Faith is the only way we're going to make it. None of us are smart enough to do it on our own.

What we might consider is how we are good rather than how good we are.

Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?