Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French.

I have seen the Lady April bringing the daffodils, Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.

Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.

I hold that when a person dies / His soul returns again to earth; / Arrayed in some new flesh disguise / Another mother gives him birth / With sturdier limbs and brighter brain.

O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower to men.

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.

The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes.

Success is the brand on the brow of the man who aimed too low.

What am I, Life? A thing of watery salt Held in cohesion by unresting cells, Which work they know not why, which never halt, Myself unwitting where their Master dwells?

To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been; and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes.

There are lots of reasons why a woman stays with a man, even when she's given up on changing him and can predict with certainty the shape that the rest of her life with him is going to take.

General good is the plea of the scoundrel hypocite flatterer.

The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles.

I have a deathly fear of mediocrity and that nips at my heels and gets me into a lot of trouble.

I always loved books. I don't remember learning to read, it was just something I always did. I was hungry for knowledge, I guess, and information; I was a curious kid. I still am.

I find when I'm overly concerned about what I eat, I stress out my body and put on weight.

A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

I want players to look neat and responsible. Maybe it's old school, but it's kind of neat when people are always clean.

I would prefer to listen to a French classical composer like Olivier Messiaen than to the pop hits of the day.

If you can win complete mastery over self, you will easily master all else. To triumph over self is the perfect victory.