Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never.

A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

We lose much consolation by the habit of reading His promises for the whole church, instead of taking them directly home to ourselves.

A little politeness might smooth the way ahead. Knowing it was his turn to be dispatched, the best he could hope for was as swift a death as the one Massetti had so thanklessly received.

Shift your energy from protecting yourself from failure to squeezing the life out of life.

Thousands of trained killers are plotting to attack us, and this terrible knowledge requires us to act differently.

You should never look at somebody and say, 'I wish I had their life,' because you never really know what struggles they're going through.

And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done

It's not up to me ... to make the world consistent.

We need a consistent conservative, someone who has stood for free market principles, who has stood for the Constitution and, critically, who stood for the working men and women of this country.

For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes.

Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.