From: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 
"And under that inverted bowl we call the sky,
where under crawling coop't we live and die,
lift not your hands to it for help,
for it as impotently rolls as you and I. "
From: The Great Gatsby
"For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened- then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving a pleasent street at dusk."
From: The Picture of Dorian Gray
"Could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden so flame-like as theirs."
From: The Picture of Dorian Gray
"Fantastic Shapes of birds"; "The commonest thing becomes delightful if kept hidden"
Latin things
Ad Astra Per Aspera
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis: Art is Long, Life is Short
Dum Spiro, Spero: While I breathe, I hope
Vivamus, Moriendum Est: Let Us Live, For We Must Die