Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view, Brave men would act though scandal would ensue.

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!

The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you are now for what you can become tomorrow.

It's a silence I know. The kind that's actually a sound so loud your brain doesn't know how to interpret it at first.

BlessBacks: Souvenirs for those who express their gratitude to their illuminators.

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

Carbon zero simply means that the emissions you are releasing either are zero or balance out to zero.

After-dinner talk Across the walnuts and the wine.

I pray you indulge me for a space, for I am going to set out on a speech which may have some duration, but whose theme may be gleaned from its opening phrase: how dare you.

Once you believe in who you are and who you were born to be, it can be very powerful.

One of my groupies gave me a film that they made, and it ended up being amazing, so I got it shown at South by Southwest. If I can help get their stuff out there, then great.

I try to find a way to make it comfortable or interesting or funny to me.