"Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, where death's approach is seen so terrible!"

"The attempt and not the deed Confounds us."

"Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie."

"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."

"'T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow."

"The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show."

"Man is his own star and the soul that can render an honest and perfect man commands all light, all influence, all fate."

"A scholar is the favorite of Heaven and of earth; The excellence of one's country, The happiest of mankind."

"For men are not equal: thus speaks justice."

"Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children makes a home."

"If you have the creative urge, it isn't going to go away. But sometimes it takes a while before you accept the fact."

"The consumer's side of the coffin lid is never ostentatious."