Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.

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!

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear and merge into something else.

A genius masters the art of observation, and unites with the source of imagination to create advancements in the cause for human evolution.

Prehistory of mankind is way too horrible to be remembered.But if we choose to ignore it, then we'll be doomed to repeat it.

I don't know, it's stupid being 20, " she said. "I'm just not ready. It feels weird. Like somebody's pushing me from behind.

He who has no opinion of his own but depends upon the opinion and taste of others is a slave.

Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure.

As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame

Knights are cavalry, bishops are archers, rooks are cannons and queens are wizards.

Our souls, shame-wounded by our sins, cling to us yet more, a woman to her lover clinging, the more the more.

We have to be sure [students] understand that racial, national, ethnic, and religious hatred can lead to horrible tragedies.