Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.

Greet each man with peace, and leave each man with love. Ask yourself - One more enemy, or one more dove?

It's not as though the world hates you- it just has no idea who you are

Ian cleared his throat. "Lady Elizabeth." He reached behind him and handed her a single red rose. "A rose... for the bonniest lass who ever graced the Highlands.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

When people are suspicious with you, you start being suspicious with them.

The concentration of all seven behind the stroke should be so strong that you know by feel when that stroke has varied his style or rating without the cox announcing it.

I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and thousands of other scenes. I got my scene and I read it many, many, many, many, many times. That was my research.

A shortage of airports runways and gates along outmoded air traffic control systems have made U.S. air travel the most congested in the world.

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

Iraq is a small but very proud nation.