Any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

Faith is such a wonderful thing. Without it, we would be panicky when we feel like we're standing alone and when the things we need and yearn for seem to be beyond our reach.

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but paranoia was what tied it up in a sack and buried it in wet concrete.

I love her. I need her. I gave away everything I had for her. I just wanted her to know me.

There is a certain swagger with vampires.

When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented.

I've been in relationships where I've felt terribly alone. Just because you're with someone, it doesn't mean you're happy.

Envy is of all others the most ungratifying and disconsolate passion. There is power for ambition, pleasure for luxury, and pelf even for covetousness; but envy gets no reward but vexation.

I can't write songs unless I am in love.

I feel that when the reforms in UN take place and the Security Council will be expanded in the permanent membership category, India will have a place, I hope so, but first it is to be expanded.

From my point of view, a great deal of openly expressed piety is insufferable conceit.