Roses bloom, and then they wither; Cheeks are bright, then fade and die; Shapes of light are wafted hither, Then, like visions, hurry by.

Green sods are all their monument; and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids.

The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.

Thought can wing its way Swifter than lightning-flashes or the beam That hastens on the pinions of the morn.

The thundering voice that wrings, in one dark, damning moment, crimes of years!

I am one who finds within me a nobility that spurns the idle pratings of the great, and their mean boasts of what their fathers were, while they themselves are fools effeminate.

There is nothing but death Our affections can sever, And till life's latest breath Love shall bind us for ever.

In Eastern lands they talk in flowers, And they tell in a garland their loves and cares; Each blossom that blooms in their garden bowers, On its leaves a mystic language bears.

The recollection of one upward hour Hath more in it to tranquilize and cheer The darkness of despondency, than years Of gayety and pleasure.

There are moments of life that we never forget, which brighten and brighten as time steals away.

Sweet flower, thou tellest how hearts as pure and tender as thy leaf, as low and humble as thy stem, will surely know the joy that peace imparts.

God is my security.

I read once that sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks ahead.

Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can’t handle.

If you don't know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do.

The illusion of skill is not only an individual aberration; it is deeply ingrained in the culture of the [investment management] industry.

I teach you the Overman. Man is something which shall be surpassed.

At bottom, to be colored means that one has been caught in some utterly unbelievable cosmic joke, a joke so hideous and in such bad taste that it defeats all categories and definitions.

Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.

The best work for creative folks on the team is when the problem is big and the solution escapes everyone.

I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick.