I don't believe in Beatles.
The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.
Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
Aurora now, fair daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
If you work hard enough at something, it begins to make itself part of you, even though you do not really like it and know that part isn't real.
You are not competing with anyone else. You are only competing with yourself to do the best with whatever you have received.
I am awaiting the day when people remember the fact that discovery does not work by deciding what you want and then discovering it.
It was Lisa, aged five, whose mother asked her to thank my wife for the peas we had sent them from our garden. 'I thought the peas were awful, I wish you and Mrs. Thurber were dead, and I hate trees,' said Lisa.