You don't fall in love with a gender, you fall in love with a person.
Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?
It lies not in our power to love or hate, for will in us is overruled by fate.
Nature that framed us of four elements, Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds: Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Wills us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, when occasion serves.
All live to die, and rise to fall.
Above our life we love a steadfast friend.
No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid; but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid.
Hindsight is illuminating but not always what we want to see.
The need to assure that every child has the opportunity afforded by good teachers is urgent. As urgent as the need to be well nourished and for exactly the same reason. A child's growth depends on it.
The origin of all mankind was the same; it is only a clear and good conscience that makes a man noble, for that is derived from heaven itself.