Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.

Order is heaven's first law.

Then most our trouble still when most admired, And still the more we give, the more required; Whose fame with pains we guard, but lose with ease, Sure some to vex, but never all to please.

Remembrance and reflection how allied! What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide!

No place so scared from such frops is barred Nor is Paul's Church more safe than Paul's Churchyard Na fly to alter there they'll talk you dead For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Thy voice I seem in ev'ry hymn to hear, with ev'ry bead I drop too soft a tear...

Why charge we Heav'n in those, in these acquit? In both, to reason right is to submit.

All this dread order break- for whom? for thee? Vile worm!- oh madness! pride! impiety!

Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget...

Pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes.

And how they kist each other's tremulous eyes.

But let me see thee stoop from heaven on wings That fill the sky with silver glitterings!

When I have fears that I may ceace to be, Before my pen has gleaned my teaming brain".

Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity...

“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation.”

“I wear black because I’m comfortable in it. But then in the summertime when it’s hot I’m comfortable in light blue.”

“I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God.”

“’Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come.”

I always wanted to make movies.

“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”

Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice.

Three o'clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can't sleep, I am so happy.

If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.

“The East is a career.”