Sorrow comes in great waves...but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us. And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

You are the song of my mind, melody of my soul, dance of my spirit, and the indescribable ecstasy of my life.

Never stop screaming, playing and laughing, it's part of our childhood wich will always be with us.

You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!

All the wrong people are against it, so it must be right.

Asking me why I did or didn't do anything is generally pointless. How do I know? And asking me what I'll do in the future is even less rewarding.

There's been an increase in the number of Iraqis in training, but more Americans are dying and violence is increasing.

I wanted to run my race. I didn't want to sit there and play games and see who could kick the hardest. I wanted it to be a race.

I live in my own bubble. I'm in Gublerland.

What I want to do and what I do are two separate things. If we all went around doing what we wanted all the time, there'd be chaos.

Please give us a simple answer, so that we don't have to think, because if we think, we might find answers that don't fit the way we want the world to be