Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still.

Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid.

England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of tea.

Genius is of no country.

Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.

When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives.

The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.

Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

A joke's a very serious thing.

No tribute is laid on castles in the air.

The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

Human life is created in God's image, and that makes it sacred.

If you asked me to marry you all over again today I'd say yes, said Valentine.And if I had only met you for the first time today, I'd ask.

Like the coffin was settling down for a long, long nap, for a forever nap.

If I'm at the University of Georgia and I can't inspire this room full of students, OK, fine. I'm not going to take it personally. Maybe a little bit, but I'll be all right.

'I don't know' is my favorite position.

Anything that happens, happens.

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.

Just as it takes work to be in a relationship, so it takes work to not be in a relationship.

Every time we buy something we deepen our emotional deprivation and hence our need to buy something.

JESUS WILL LIFT you out of the deepest pit, but He will not lift you out of your easy chair.