The spider's most attenuated thread Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie On earthly bliss; it breaks at every breeze.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Too low they build who build below the skies.

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?.

How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!... Midway from nothing to the Deity!

Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.

Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life!

Faith is a fortune.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education

Nothing is what one thinks it is. Cloth is stone and circus is an art. There are no certainties.

You can never be too sexy for mainstream television.

Point out a great strength of someone in your life today!

I'm really quiet at home. I don't speak that much. However, when I'm in public, I make sure to speak to everyone.

He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.

I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park.

I cannot forget my mother, She is my bridge.

Commit yourself to taking enough risks that you will fail some of the time. If you're not failing, we're not doing something sufficiently difficult or creative.