The fiercest agonies have shortest reign; And after dreams of horror, comes again The welcome morning with its rays of peace.

The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows.

Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.

The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep to-night.

It is said to be the manner of hypochondriacs to change often their physician.

Hark to that shrill, sudden shout, The cry of an applauding multitude, Swayed by some loud-voiced orator who wields The living mass as if he were its soul!

These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end.

But 'neath yon crimson tree Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame, Nor mark, within its roseate canopy, Her blush of maiden shame.

Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.

There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night; And grief may hide an evening guest, But joy shall come with early light.

The groves were God's first temples.

If you don't get the wrong people out of your life, you will never be able to get the right people in it!

I couldn't take my eyes off him. Like a desert wanderer afraid of mirages, I gazed at my oasis, but he was real.

Because as much as the world loves you one minute, it can be way down on you the next.

If you've ever had a brush with cancer, you're always thinking a pain might be something serious.

It's either vilification or sanctification, and both piss me off.

He lifted the violin to his shoulder then, and raised the bow. And he played.

It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.

Mystery: Everything felt better before you got there than when you actually got there. When you actually got there, you didn't quite have the energy to be there.

I learn more from creative people in other disciplines than I do even from other architects because I think they have a way of looking at the world that is really important.

We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say thank you.