That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,-- Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.

All men are not slimy warthogs. Some men are silly giraffes, some woebegone puppies, some insecure frogs. But if one is not careful, those slimy warthogs can ruin it for all the others.

God himself favors the brave.

Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

Circumstances beyond my individual control.

Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow-- You are not wrong who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream.

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning.

If you want to commit suicide you can use my razor; it's electric, but you can hang yourself with the cord.

Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! -King Henry VI. Part I. Act i. Sc. 1.

The real cause of personal existence is not the favor of the Almighty, but the sexual love of one's earthly parents.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

A hoarseness caused by swallowing gold and silver.

If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they being both the servants of his providence. Art is the perfection of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another. In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the art of God.

Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer.

The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.