How many times it thundered before Franklin took the hint! How many apples fell on Newton's head before he took the hint! Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint.

Ah, when to the heart of man Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things, To yield with a grace to reason, And bow and accept the end Of a love or a season?

Far in the pillared dark Thrush music went- Almost like a call to come in To the dark and lament. But no, I was out for stars: I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been.

Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain has his mother.

It's hard to get into this world and hard to get out of it, and what's in between doesn't make much sense.

Freud was way off base in considering sex the fundamental motivation. The ruling passion in men is minding each other's business.

Live life like its the last breath you take for that breath is the whole essence of living, the little things in life are what connects us to all the big things we live for