A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Nobody would have been able to understand the depth of my joy and the extent of my happiness unless they had themselves gone through what I just had.

If a society is to preserve stability and a degree of continuity, it must learn how to keep its adolescents from imposing their tastes, values, and fantasies on everyday life.

You are the only woman who ever answered the demands of my imagination.

I wake my wife up at 3 a.m. and say, "Listen to this!"

I've never been too worried about all the music critics and stuff.

I think that two-dimensional film will always be here to stay because it always has its place, but 3D does too.

In high school, I read 'Silas Marner' and I was very attracted to this character - he was very rundown and he'd just stop, and things would happen around him.

The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not wish to display his worth.

It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

Let me think about the people I care about.