To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.

Who can play without wanting to succeed even with a sentimentally gain?

When a tongue fails to send forth appropriate shafts, there might be a word to act as healer of these.

Of all sweet passions Shame is the loveliest.

I respect the people who buy my records and come to my concerts. It's only fair that I always try to give them the very best that's in me. After all, I need them more than they need me.

In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin.

I will take on the epidemics of gun violence and campus sexual assault, so that everyone in America is safe and respected, no matter who they are, where they live, or who they love.

We use a lot of creativity and new technology, cutting edge things to use in our church, but really what it comes down to is God changing a life.

The American people don't want Obamacare. It has been forced on the American people, despite the fact that Democrats no longer control the House.

At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows.