"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."

"Step with care and great tact And remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act Just never forget to be dexterous and deft And never mix up your right foot with your left."

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

"You make 'em, I amuse 'em. [children]"

"Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them."

"Life is a banquet, and most poor bastards are starving to death."

"There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out."

"Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor."

"The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits."

"Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way."

"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object."