Recognize that everyone suffers in their own life, even if you don't see it; even if you think they've got it easy.
But the unfaithful priest, what tongue Enough, shall execrate?
Rumour was the messenger Of defamation, and so swift, that none Could be the first to tell an evil tale.
That bitter word, which closed all earthly friendships and finished every feast of love farewell!
Maternal love! thou word that sums all bliss, Gives and receives all bliss,-- fullest when most Thou givest! spring-head of all felicity, Deepest when most is drawn! emblem of God! O'erflowing most when greatest numbers drink!
Friends given by God in mercy and in love; My counsellors, my comforters, and guides; My joy in grief, my second bliss in joy; Companions of my young desires; in doubt My oracles; my wings in high pursuit. Oh! I remember, and will ne'er forget Our meeting spots, our chosen sacred hours; Our burning words, that utter'd all the soul, Our faces beaming with unearthly love;-- Sorrow with sorrow sighing, hope with hope Exulting, heart embracing heart entire.
All are friends in heaven, all faithful friends, And many friendships in the days of Time Begun, are lasting there and growing still.
That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky.
[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person.
One of the ridiculous aspects of being a poet is the huge gulf between how seriously we take ourselves and how generally we are ignored by everybody else.
I have two kids, and I don't have to spank my kids.