I have since written what no tide Shall ever wash away, what men Unborn shall read o'er ocean wide And find Ianthe's name agen.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

Because you're always learning, the chief lesson remains: you still know nothing.

May you find the courage to dare great things.

There are no ugly women there are only women who do not know how to look pretty.

I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on.

Anything that I don't understand or can't do is stupid.

Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.

Use the talents God has given you to make the world better for your having been in it.

Data coming out our ears but we lack narrative.

Every kind of reward constitutes a degradation of energy.

Love is divine only and difficult always. If you think it is easy you are a fool. If you think it is natural you are blind. It is a learned application without reason or motive except that it is God.