Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing.

Twere better far That gods should quaff their nectar merrily, And men sing out the day like grasshoppers, So may they haply lull the watchful thunder.

Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.

Oh, where is man That mortal god, that hath no mortal kin Or like on earth? Shall Nature's orator The interpreter of all her mystic strains Shall he be mute in Nature's jubilee?

With all your music, loud and lustily, With every dainty joy of sight and smell, Prepare a banquet meet to entertain The Lord of Thunder, that hath set you free From old oppression.

If we take care of the inches, we will not have to worry about the miles.

Go your way. Forget Prometheus, And all the woe that he is doom'd to bear; By his own choice this vile estate preferring To ignorant bliss and unfelt slavery.

Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be; But if for any wish thou darest not pray, Then pray to God to cast that wish away.

Man is more than half of nature's treasure.

The soul of man is larger than the sky, Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark Of the unfathomed center.

Be not afraid to pray--to pray is right. Pray, if thou canst, with hope; but ever pray, Though hope be weak or sick with long delay; Pray in the darkness, if there be no light.

They spent pork-barrel money like a tidal-wave sea, but no funds trickled down far enough to reach me. Our books numbered few and were falling apart, and I sat mending pages with a crestfallen heart.

He embraced his weirdness, and it was nice.

Depression is an imagery of our heart's sickness.

Things do not belong to us but we belong to things.

we're all freaks sometimes, Melody, " he replied. "You're just... well, better at it than most.

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

Hatred is the most clear- sighted, next to genius.

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.

In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed.