Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!

What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

Surely the stars are images of love.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.

You are only plagued with stress in moments of conflict because you are arrogant, and believe others are transgressing by having unfavorable thoughts about you.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

Turtles are greater than baby nephews, because it's ok to drop a turtle.

The biggest surprise has been making the adjustment after losing a game. In the NBA you could lose tonight and you have to put that game behind you because you have another game the next night.

Proud people keep others at arm's length. Broken people are willing to take the risks of getting close to others and loving intimately.

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford.

I think I came here as a priest... The priest is more concerned with heresy than with sin; sins can be forgiven; heresy must be eliminated.

I trusted him. I put what was precious in Haymitch's hands. & he has betrayed me