Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is; and old men lose one of the most precious rights of man,--that of being judged by their peers.

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.

It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them.

Wild dreams torment me as I lie. And though a god lives in my heart, though all my power waken at his word, though he can move my every inmost part - yet nothing in the outer world is stirred. thus by existence tortured and oppressed I crave for death, I long for rest.

Lord Byron is only great as a poet; as soon as he reflects he is a child.