Anglers boast of the innocence of their pastime; yet it puts fellow-creatures to the torture. They pique themselves on their meditative faculties; and yet their only excuse is a want of thought.

Green little vaulter, in the sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June, Sole noise that's heard amidst the lazy noon, When ev'n the bees lag at the summoning brass.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

Stolen kisses are always sweetest.

We are slumberous poppies, Lords of Lethe downs, Some awake and some asleep, Sleeping in our crowns. What perchance our dreams may know, Let our serious may know.

The most tangible of all visible mysteries - fire.

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.

Colors are the smiles of nature.

Patience and gentleness is power.

Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.

A man is a fool who leans on the arm of flesh when he can be supported by the arm of Omnipotence.

The mind self-edits. The mind airbrushes. It's a different thing to be inside a body than outside. From outside, you can look, inspect, compare. From inside there is no comparison.

I never said I was a 'good girl.' I'm not a bad girl.

More are taken in by hope than by cunning.

Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.

As a photographer you enlarge or emphasize a certain moment, making it another reality.

It’s difficult to create fashion, you can’t just learn it, you have to have fashion in your DNA.

It's better to wait for something that respects you than to go in so low that it diminishes what you've worked for.