A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

A mighty monarch in the days of oldMade offer of high honour, wealth and gold,To one who should produce in form conciseA motto for his guidance, terse yet wise---A precept, soothing in his hours forlorn,Yet one that in his prosperous days would warn.Many the maxims sent the king, men say.The one he chose: This too shall pass away.Oh, jewel sentence from the mine of truth!What riches it contains for age or youth.No stately epic, measured and sublime,So comforts, or so counsels, for all timeAs these few words. Go write them on your heartAnd make them of your daily life a part.Has some misfortune fallen to your lot?This too will pass away--absorb the thought.And wait; your waiting will not be in vain,Time gilds with gold the iron links of pain.The dark to-day leads into light to-morrow;There is no endless joy, no endless sorrow.Are you upon earth's heights? No cloud in view?Go read your motto once again: This tooShall pass away; fame, glory, place and power,They are but little baubles of the hour,Flung by the ruthless years down in the dust.Take warning and be worthy of God's trust.Use well your prowess while it lasts; leave bloom,Not blight, to mark your footprints to the tomb.The truest greatness lies in being kind,The truest wisdom in a happy mind.He who desponds, his Maker's judgment mocks;The gloomy Christian is a paradox.Only the sunny soul respects its God.Since life is short we need to make it broad;Since life is brief we need to make it bright.Then keep the old king's motto well in sight,And let its meaning permeate each day.Whatever comes, This too shall pass away.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Poems of Po

Beauty, Inspiration, Magic, Spellbound, Enchantment, as well as the concepts of Serenity, Silence, Intimacy and Amazement. They have never ceased to be my guiding lights.

Luis Barragan

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.

William Hazlitt

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

Elton John

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but usually manages to pick himself up, walk over or around it, and carry on.

Benjamin Franklin

Beauty lies within the soul and should always be set freetake a glimpse at love so true and purefound only.......within me

Mara E. Dvorak, The Soul Within

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers.

Horace

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.

E. M. Forster, Two Cheers for De

When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort.

Kevyn Aucoin

Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science.

Wanda Sykes

I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!

Kirk Hammett

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

Gilbert K. Chesterton