The past and present are only our means; the future is always our end. Thus we never really live, but only hope to live.
He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.
Thy books should, like thy friends, not many beYet such wherein men may thy judgment see.
Women serve but to keep a man from better company.
But methings wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it
Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate.
Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.
I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.
Post-911, we saw an immediate uptick in the amount of people in our stores, all over the country. People wanted that human connection. We are not going to fracture the Starbucks experience.
In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away the easy supply of daily wants and so proves a rough master that brings most men's characters to a level with their fortunes
I have a dream! Because I have lived a nightmare.