The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done.

I am the Roman Emperor, and am above grammar.

Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best. Life's most soothing things are sweet music and a child's goodnight.

It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too.

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.

You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will decay in her sheath as a narcissus will if you do not give her air enough; she might fall and defile her head in dust if you leave her without help at some moments in her life; but you cannot fetter her; she must take her own fair form and way if she take any.

Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority.

You know my method. It is founded upon the observance of trifles.

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.

Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities.

The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices.

It is the fate of every great achievement to be pounced upon by pedants and imitators who drain it of life and turn it into an orthodoxy which stifles all stirrings of originality.

Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.

43% of all statistics are worthless.

For years has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.

. . . Therefore I am wel pleased to take any coulor to defend your honour and hope you wyl remember that who seaketh two strings to one bowe, he may shute strong but never strait.

One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has lain down to die, and the grass is already over him.