Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!

What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

Surely the stars are images of love.

Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

Don't be your own devil.

Whoever said it was better to have loved and lost was completely full of shit.

She said that that was the disadvantage of bringing creatures into the house: one grew used to them, and then, one had the upset of their loss.

Sylvia grabs my sleeve. “He’s a looker.”“I know. The problem is, he knows it, too.

We are made to know and love God.

Ay Dad, brush my hair one time. Hey pops! Come brush my hair.

Never the grave gives back what it has won!

It's funny to be a critic.

If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.

Like most men, I'm a life support system for a phallus.