I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

The quality of the product is inseparable from the quality of its parts.

The quality of a play is the quality of its ideas.

Praise the wise man behind his back but a woman to her face.

A horse doesn't know whether the rider on his back wears a dress or pants away from the track.

I believe the game is designed to reward the ones who hit the hardest - If you can't take it, you shouldn't play!

Unrestricted individualism is the law of the beast of the jungle.

Journalists immediately think of me as a resource for a quote or comment because they know that I will be available to offer fresh insight and meet their deadlines.

In this world, there is no clarity. There is only love and action.

you could be ordinary and attempt something extraordinary, without being able to explain it in a logical way.

Nobody can avoid falling in love. They might want to deny it, but friendship is probably the most common form of love.