Half of the ills we hoard within our hearts Are ills because we hoard them.

The sea! The sea! The open sea!, The blue, the fresh, the ever free!

Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne.

O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!

Shadows fall on even the brightest hours.

I 'm on the sea! I 'm on the sea! I am where I would ever be, With the blue above and the blue below, And silence wheresoever I go.

Pity speaks to grief more sweetly than a band of instruments.

Death is the tyrant of the imagination.

The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.

I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.

Not the rich viol, trump, cymbal, nor horn, Guitar, nor cittern, nor the pining flute, Are half so sweet as tender human words.

If God wanted us to use the metric system, He would have given us ten fingers and ten toes.

It’s not miracles that generate faith, but faith that generates miracles

At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.

My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.

The hardest part of design ... is keeping features out.

To be right is the most terrific personal state that nobody is interested in.

Life is a breathing-space between two eternities, a holiday with appalling realities behind and before.

Fannie and Freddie are creations of government. They were given a huge leg up over their competitors.

Jesus was a pothead- long hair, beard, sandals, carpenter- do the math it all adds up. Living with twelve guys with no visible means of support.

Freedom is something that we got to achieve inside ourselves. Nobody can achieve it outside oneself.