I gave him a kick and he stepped back onto the third rail. Exploding, flaming eraser! This is why moms tell you to stay away from the third rail, but it sure came in handy this time.
Here lies one whose name was writ in water.
Failure is in a sense the highway to success, as each discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true.
A poet without love were a physical and metaphysical impossibility.
When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face, Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance, And think that I may never live to trace Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance.
Life is but a day: A fragile dewdrop on its perilious way From a tree's summit
I have had a thousand kisses, for which with my whole soul I thank love—but if you should deny me the thousand and first—‘t would put me to the proof how great a misery I could live through.
It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.
Well, I don't think Hollywood's a dirty word at all, I love a lot of Hollywood films.
The happiness of the world is transitory. The less you become attached to the world, the more you enjoy peace of mind.
These are facts the heart can feel; yet they call for careful study before they become clear to the intellect.