Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.

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.

Soul mates may be linked, but fight to separate, causing wounds and confusion. They teach what no one else can.

A man who knows all goods and all truths, as many as can be known, but does not shun evils, knows nothing.

When you give to others to the degree that you sacrifice yourself, you make the other person a thief.

Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability.

Prayer is spiritual exercise and every act of prayer stretches the soul.

I don't have control over everything; God has control over everything and I trust him, so I don't worry.

The confidence with which a Sovereign is invested, is solid only when it is sanctioned by the suffrages of the people, who clothed him with the supreme magistracy.

Every man is the author of his own life.

If you were arrested for being kind to yourself..would there be enough evidence to convict you?

There are some dead who are more alive than the living.