Beauty brings its own fancy price, for all that a man hath will he give for his love.

The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.

'Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical atoms.

My gentleman gives the law where he is; he will outpray saints in chapel, outgeneral veterans in the field, and outshine all courtesy in the hall. He is good company for pirates, and good with academicians; so that it is useless to fortify yourself against him; he has the private entrance to all minds, and I could as easily exclude myself, as him.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue. . . .

When the night is darkest, the stars come out.