“And thus we all are nighingThe truth we fear to know:Death will end our cryingFor friends that come and go.”

“Whenever Richard Cory went down town,We people on the pavement looked at him:He was a gentleman from sole to crown,Clean favored, imperially slim.And he was always quietly arrayed,And he was always...”

“Life is the game that must be played”

“To some will come a time when change itself is beauty if not heaven.”

“I am living on hope and faith ... a pretty good diet when the mind will receive them.”

“Life is the game that must be played: This truth at least good friends we know So live and laugh nor be dismayed As one by one the phantoms go.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”