It can't be Nature, for it is not sense.

Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid.

England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of tea.

Genius is of no country.

Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.

When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives.

The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.

Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

A joke's a very serious thing.

No tribute is laid on castles in the air.

The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

Love isn’t for the weak, it’s for those brave enough to risk it all.

Patriotism is racism for the modern era.

I was a beach boy, and I believe I learned my songs from the birds of the Brazilian forest.

Can you think of a single area of government in which George Bush hasn't already made things worse than Bill Clinton did?

Life can't work for you if you don't show up as you.

Let no man pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation also! These two are too closely united to be separated. He does not truly hate the fruit who delights in the root.

And if your friends make fun of you for chasing your dream, remember—just lie.

Genius may be for an hour or a thousand years; its indispensable quality is continuity with the life-push.

The god that you dispense with today, will come back as a demon tomorrow.

I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I've seen what the pigeons do to them.