How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ; And how with the longest day enjoy!

I could live in the woods with thee in sight, Where never should human foot intrude: Or with thee find light in the darkest night, And a social crowd in solitude.

Be bold: Venus herself aids the stout-hearted.

What madness is this, inviting sable Death by warfare? It always hovers close and comes unforeseen on silent steps.

Happy thou that learnest from another's griefs, not to subject thyself to the same.

Don't fear to pledge. By winds the perjuries of love Are blown, null and void, across the land and farthest seas.

The Love-god inflames more fiercely those he sees are reluctant to surrender.

A wise man sings his joy in the closet of his heart.

Esteem all things that are good.

How mad it is to summon grim death by means of war!

In life, most short cuts end up taking longer than taking the longer route.

Poetry happens when there is nothing to say but you have a volcano hidden inside you waiting to erupt.

Sense of humor is important in life, not just in clothing. How boring to live a life in beige.

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.

The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.

Why should the soul ever repose? God, its Principle, reposes never.

I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them passionate, some factual, some entirely incorrect - all of them free ideas.

Good rule to follow: never reward someone's incivility by giving them the headline they seek.

The Moral Law is summarily contained in the Decalogue or Ten Commandments; written by the finger of God on two tablets of stone, and delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai.

It is the vanity of women to spend hours in front of the mirror. It is the vanity of men not to bother.