Whilst my physicians by their love are grown Cosmographers, and I their map, who lie Flat on this bed.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

There is no greater peace than work and no greater happiness than progress.

Sin is all wrong doing.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

The most important thing in business is honesty, integrity, hard work familynever forgetting where we came from.

I am not resigned: I am not sure life is long enough to learn that lesson.

Freedom is not overcoming what you think stands in your way. It is understanding that what is in your way is part of the way.

What can I do to help thee?" he asked. "Believe there is a tomorrow.

Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also read quite a bit of history and read that as much for pleasure as part of a curriculum.

Having a child changes everything. All of a sudden you have so much to lose, so much to live for.

When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.