Lovers needn't always agree, anymore than poetry need always rhyme.

A family is a bunch of people who keep confusing you with someone you were as a kid.

Just as important as having a list of priorities is every once in a while starting from the bottom.

If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible.

Man is the only animal who enjoys the consolation of believing in a next life; all other animals enjoy the consolation of not worrying about it.

It is the first purpose of hope to make hopelessness bearable.

The painter puts brush to canvas, and the poet puts pen to paper. The poet has the easier task, for his pen does not alter his rhyme.