A moment is a mighty thing Beyond the soul's imagination; For in it, though we trace it not, How much there crowds of varied lot How much of life, life cannot see, Darts onward to eternity!

Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.

If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the public. But never, never believe it.

And Thou, vast Ocean! on whole awful face Time's iron feet can print no ruin trace.

My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it

Are you really listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

There's nothing terrible in death; 'Tis but to cast our robes away, And sleep at night, without a breath To break repose till dawn of day.

As o'er the stormy sea of human Life We sail, until our anchor'd spirits rest In the far haven of Eternity.

The solitary monk who shook the world From pagan slumber, when the gospel trump Thunder' d its challenge from his dauntless lips In peals of truth.

Earth, air, and ocean, glorious three.

So we said to ourselves, if we can remove antibodies from someone who's in the middle of a terrible rejection, and save those kidneys, then we should be able to remove them before surgery

You get divine blessings when you love and cherish both those who love and hate you

Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, and warriors wink at them.

But I don't want to be a vampire drone.' Sophronia winced. 'They'll suck my blood and make me wear only the very latest fashions.

I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.

I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.

To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.

It can be easy for an actor to go "Well I really have to do a lot" and then just saying "I don't need to do anything, I'm not bound to do anything".

I think of myself as an explorer who has spent his life on a long voyage of discovery.

If there be devils, would I were a devil, To live and burn in everlasting fire, So I might have your company in hell, But to torment you with my bitter tongue!