Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Thomas Fuller

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

Ninon De L'Enclos

The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam.

Robert Herrick

In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.

Joseph Barbera

I've always hoped 'Chopped' would telegraph our enormous affection and love and admiration for chefs and food, but at the same time, we are inflicting extraordinary cruelty on them.

Ted Allen

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

Will Rogers

The best safety lies in fear.

William Shakespeare

From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.

Bernard Berenson

She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited.

Kate Chopin

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Under the summer roses When the flagrant crimson Lurks in the dusk Of the wild red leaves, Love, with little hands, Comes and touches you With a thousand memories, And asks you Beautiful, unanswerable questions.

Carl Sandburg

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

Charles de Montesquieu