Despotism sits nowhere so secure as under the effigy and ensigns of freedom.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

Life is in a constant state of change and by evolving in the present with change - Matthew Donnelly

Mindful Monday Humans, May your coffee kick in before reality does.

you're not a bad person because you want to be yourself.

My Jesus, fill my heart with so much love that one day it will break just to be with you. My Jesus, you know I have placed you as a seal on my heart. Remain there always.

You can't get anywhere flying under the radar.

Some gods may cross your path, but why should gods be beautiful? They could also be frightening.

I think Andrew Stanton is such an amazing, creative mind.

Only those sadnesses are dangerous and bad which one carries about among people in order to drown them out.

If Victor was frightened by Dimitri's threat, he didn't show it. His jade green eyes glanced between the two of us. "You two are a match made in heaven. Or somewhere.

I just want to be written about as a normal artist.