But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.

its better to get hurt now than to get hurt later.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

It is good to be different, because difference is great; that's what this music is based on. But lose that energy between the audience and the players, and you have nothing.

The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway.

Honeymoons are the beginning of wisdom--but the beginning of wisdom is the end of romance.

Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruistic and kind.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

In general, the Western body has become a global brand.

I've got a lot that I want to do, so I would like to expand my empire, for sure. I love it.

We that are true lovers run into strange capers; but as all is mortal in nature, so is all nature in love mortal in folly.