Sad fancies do we then affect, In luxury of disrespect To our own prodigal excess Of too familiar happiness.

Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident.

Butcher's window: Let me meat your needs.

For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death.

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled, not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those to which it is impossible to attach a well-defined meaning.

You ever-gentle gods, take my breath from me; Let not my worser spirit tempt me again To die before you please.

Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

One rose says more than the dozen

...When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Feast of the Holy Innocents You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then he is like a rose blooming in the midst of the desolation, a rock rising above the storm.

Avarice, envy, pride. Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all on Fire.

He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.

Dispel this cloud, the light of heaven restore; Give me to see, and Ajax asks no more.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.