Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Dead men tell no tales.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Fortune befriends the bold.

Insane love.Loving insanity.Insanity and love...

Old empires always appeal to modern poets more than new ones.

Life was too short and ended too suddenly. If you didn't take advantage of what you had today, tomorrow it might be ripped from you.

And Bobby [Jindal] and I are both Catholics.

If I filled the Earth with blueberries, I would have the same number as atoms in a grapefruit.

The journey has been a parody of my life recently: rushing, waiting, wandering, feeling lost and losing sleep, wondering if I'm getting anywhere.

What others say and do is a projection of their own reality.

Dads are the appendix of humanity. They should just be taken out before they start causing problems.

If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.