Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Dead men tell no tales.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Fortune befriends the bold.

It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.

We can serve humanity with our divine passions and gifted skills.

Eternity, " I repeated, the words burning into my brain, so much so it felt we'd made some form of sacred and unbreakable bond.

To go far you must begin near, and the nearest step is the most important one.

We cannot choose with whom we cohabit the world.

A young man of pleasure is a man of pains.

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces.

How old are you?” – Nick “That many zeros and you just get tired of counting.” – Caleb

I teach classes 28 weeks of the year, but the rest of the time I do research and write books.

Dating black women will ruin your life