Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the living heart.

Never is true love blind, but rather brings an added light.

All the great blessings of my life are present in my thoughts today

And though hard be the task, keep a stiff upper lip.

Sometimes, I think the things we see are shadows of the things to be; that what we plan we build

And never since harvests were ripened, / Or laborers born, / Have men gathered figs of the thistle, / Or grapes of the thorn!

Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!

Women are only told that they resemble angels when they are young and beautiful; consequently, it is their persons, not their virtues, that procure them homage.

Come up, April, though the valley, / In your robes of beauty drest, / Come and wake your flowery children / From their wintry beds of rest.

There are eyes half defiant, Half meek and compliant; Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm To bring us good or to work with harm.

Ah, there are moments for us here, when, seeing Life's inequalities, and woe, and care, The burdens laid upon our mortal being Seem heavier than the human heart can bear.

Is a woman a thinking unit at all, or a fraction always wanting its integer?

I wanted passionately to be a priest.

If you want to have a relationship, at some point you have to let yourself get caught. That's what I did. I got caught.

There is no longer serious doubt in my mind that human life exists from the very onset of pregnancy.

If you're just really loud, people just want - will give you what you want just to get you to shut up.

Often, I go and see films where I can see the beats coming. So, if I read something where I don't see the beats coming and it takes me somewhere unexpected, that's a great thing to build upon.

Be kind to dumb people.

People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me.

There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

This is the great secret. This is the sacred wisdom. Do unto others as you would have it done unto you.