My rage is not malicious; like a spark Of fire by steel inforced out of a flint It is no sooner kindled, but extinct.

Great sorrows have no leisure to complain: Least ills vent forth, great griefs within remain.

The sweetest cordial we receive at last, Is conscience of our virtuous actions past.

Your imagination is the most powerful tool to create a great life.

Memories are not always the best measure of things.

It would be sad if my best work had been 20 years ago and now I only had memories.

O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!

And hence the poet must seek to be essentially anonymous, He must die a little death each morning, He must swallow his toad and study his vomit as Baudelaire studied la charogne of Jeanne Duval.

The biggest motivation is not the money but the impact.

History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events.

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects.

It's not a burning ambition for me to make sure that David Beckham earns less money.