When men once reach their autumn, sickly joys fall off apace, as yellow leaves from trees

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Too low they build who build below the skies.

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?.

How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!... Midway from nothing to the Deity!

Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.

Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life!

I feel like I should love them right away. But how do you do that? You can't make yourself love someone, can you?

If vampires ever spend less time playing theatrics and living down to their stereotypes, they might actually take over the world someday

Christ never intended to cover up the dark side of life, but rather to illuminate a path through it.

At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

I've never walked home wearing just a pink robe and a pair of slippers.

The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education.

The role of Jews who write in both the Jewish and [American] general press is to defend Israel.

Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.

The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.