Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.

When you are clear on your calling, you command the universe to bid to your voice

A world that is intellectually mature but morally infantile is on the road to ruin.

Man errs as long as he struggles.

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

Ive always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful to my own experience.

There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

You can't live in this world but there's nowhere else to go.

moral codes and standards in our societies very rarely apply to all people equally. This is the most damning proof of how immoral such codes and standards really are.

I believe you [Samuel Alito] and others would look and say that the role of the courts is limited and it's not to decide political matters.

How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.