Our ancestors have travelled the iron age; the golden is before us.

A tomb is a monument placed on the limits of two worlds.

Literature is the daughter of heaven, who descended upon earth to soften and charm all human ills.

Patience is the courage of virtue.

If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short.

La solitude re tablit aussi bien les harmonies du corps que celles de l'a" me. Solitude restores the harmonies of the body no less than those of the soul.

Every trait of beauty may be traced to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, and heroism.

An effort made with ourselves for the good of others, with the intention of pleasing God alone.

There are few writers of note, of any country or of any age, from whom quotations might not be made in proof of the love with which they regarded Nature.

But I talk to you as I talk to my own soul, " he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped my cheek, fingers light on my temple."And, Sassenach, " he whispered, "your face is my heart.

I realized I loved him after everything went wrong so I wallowed in self-pity and prayed I could wake up.

Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.

Let's not forget that Congress bears a lot of responsibility for many of the problems we have now

Part of me regrets not finishing college.

There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.

Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

If you want to be true to life, start lying about it

During inflation, Goodwill is the gift that keeps on giving.