My love's a noble madness.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Dead men tell no tales.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Fortune befriends the bold.

Getting lost is the only place worth going to.

History teaches usthat men and nationsonly behave wiselyonce they have exhaustedall other alternatives."--

All our first movements are good, generous, heroical; reflection weakens and kills them.

If I missed out on some really big action, I’m going to be royally pissed off!

I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea.

I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same generation.

There is a policy in manner. I have heard one, not inexperienced in the pursuit of fame, give it his earnest support, as being the surest passport to absolute and brilliant success.

The hope of all who suffer, The dread of all who wrong.

Democracy depends on information circulating freely in society.

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation