"'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poorest man's heart thru half the year."

"Too much rest is rust."

"O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant; And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!"

"Heap on more wood - the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still."

"And come he slow, or come he fast, It is but death who comes at last."

"The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalmed in tears."

"I believe that much of the world's sorrow is caused by people who are this, but allow themselves to be treated like that."

"Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics."

"I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love."

"A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king."

"Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure."

"Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time wasted in disapproving of others."