What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

Take heed lest passion sway
Thy judgment to do aught, which else fee will
Would not admit.

Take heed lest passion sway
Thy judgment to do aught, which else fee will
Would not admit.

In the black of my midnight you're the star for me.

In the black of my midnight you're the star for me.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.

What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.

If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.