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• And hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast and calm repose.
  -- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude, Line 87...
• The hues of bliss more brightly glow, Chastised by sabler tints of woe.
  -- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude, Line 45...
• The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
  -- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude, Line 53...
• Remote from man, with God he passed the days; Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
  -- Thomas Parnell (1679-1717) -- The Hermit, Line 5...
• Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send
  He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('t was all he wish'd) a friend....
• From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take.
  -- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- The Progress of Poesy, I, 1, Line 3...
• Strange faces peering out from the bathroom can be pretty frightening if you are not in good health or spirits.
  -- Robert Benchley...
• Comus and his midnight crew. -- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- Ode for Music, Line 2
• Opening his two eyes, [Ra, the Sun god] cast light on Egypt, he separated the night from day.
  The gods came forth from his mouth and mankind from his eyes....