If we take care of the inches we will not have to worry about the miles.

Twere better far That gods should quaff their nectar merrily, And men sing out the day like grasshoppers, So may they haply lull the watchful thunder.

Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.

Oh, where is man That mortal god, that hath no mortal kin Or like on earth? Shall Nature's orator The interpreter of all her mystic strains Shall he be mute in Nature's jubilee?

With all your music, loud and lustily, With every dainty joy of sight and smell, Prepare a banquet meet to entertain The Lord of Thunder, that hath set you free From old oppression.

If we take care of the inches, we will not have to worry about the miles.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing.

Go your way. Forget Prometheus, And all the woe that he is doom'd to bear; By his own choice this vile estate preferring To ignorant bliss and unfelt slavery.

Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be; But if for any wish thou darest not pray, Then pray to God to cast that wish away.

Man is more than half of nature's treasure.

The soul of man is larger than the sky, Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark Of the unfathomed center.

I think that I am too warm to negatively judge individuals, yet I am cold enough to negatively judge humanity.

Only God can thwart the plans of Satan and his legions.

As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained.

I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything.

What good are you? What can you do? It has cost me a thousands of dollars to raise you, feed you, clothe you! Suppose I left you here on the street? Then what would you do?" "Catch butterflies

We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

We cannot control what others do to us, but through God we can control the way we respond to them.

Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me.

I've always been curious about the psychology of the person behind the mask. When someone is anonymous, it opens the door to all kinds of antisocial behavior, as seen by the Ku Klux Klan.

My first girlfriend in high school, I had a girlfriend in grade school, but my first girlfriend in high school was Mare Winningham, very fine actress.