With deep affection And recollection I often think of Those Shandon bells, Whose sounds so wild would, In the days of childhood, Fling round my cradle Their magic spells.

I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem.

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron.

His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught.

Know the true value of time: snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate...before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts...but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace.

I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.

The Man Bitten by a Dog A man who had been bitten by a Dog went about in quest of someone who might heal him. A friend, meeting him and learning what he wanted, said, If you would be cured, take a piece of bread, and dip it in the blood from your wound, and go and give it to the Dog that bit you. The Man who had been bitten laughed at this advice and said, Why? If I should do so, it would be as if I should beg every Dog in the town to bite me. Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed increase their means of injuring you.

Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of God

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

Teacher, tender comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life.

In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.

Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst, Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery, All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst On soul and body,--but we cannot die, Though we be sick, and tired, and faint, and worn,-- Lo, all things can be borne!

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.

The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.

Worry is interest paid in advance for a debt you many never owe.