Wishes, like painted landscapes, best delight, Whilst distance recommends them to the sight. Plac'd afar off, they beautiful appear: But show their coarse and nauseous colors near.

For malice will with joy the lie receive, Report, and what it wishes true believe.

Darkness, thou first great parent of us all, Thou art our great original!

Your doubt survives by stuffing itself with your confidence.

It is necessary to understand that the next person is just as important as you are on this earth. So no one should undermine others based on their current circumstances.

The pain of loss, moreover, however agonizing, however haunting in memory, quiets imperceptibly into acceptance as the currents of active living and of fresh emotions flow over it.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire, the United Nations is a disunited collection of regimes, many of which do not represent the nations they govern.

What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance.

When it comes to killing my sin, I don't wait for the miracle, I act the miracle.

You may glory in a team triumphant... But you fall in love with a team in defeat.

Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance.

Every student has the ability to be a successful learner.