For 'Tis not in mere death that men die most.

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.

Light tomorrow with today!

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

Never allow others to create your world because if you do, they will always make it too small.

It's like rock n' roll for your eyes.

We estimate wrongdoing in proportion to the purity of our conscience

There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. Lose your complacency, once betray your own self-contempt and the world will unhesitatingly endorse it.

I'm drawn to girls with a certain self-effacing, humorous quality and an innate independence and point of view. I love the notion of never taking yourself too seriously or being too put together.

I wanted to live the inner life of every man I saw, look at the world through his eyes.

Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes.

Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.

Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged.

My family means more to me than the artificial trappings of my career. If ever I had to choose between my career and my family, the wife and kids would definitely come out on top.