Who but lovers dream alike?
Miss not the occasion; by the forelock take that subtle power, the never-halting time.
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner's eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple.
Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.
Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.
That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
I love seeing somebody act real earnest and serious, like Jackie Gleason. He makes me laugh because he reflects back to me my own serious-mindedness and how ridiculous it all is. It's always easier to see somebody else in that position than yourself, and you laugh. It's like the classic slipping on the banana peel, or someone getting hit by a pie in the face. Why do those things make us laugh? Is it from relief, like: Thank God it wasn't me? Or is it something else: I'm being very serious now. I'm pontificating earnestly and solemnly about-POW! PIE IN THE FACE! The bust-up of certainty.
Waste not thy time in windy argument but let the matter drop.
Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.
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