A brother's sufferings claim a brother's pity.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

Everything has its wonders even darkness and silence and I learn whatever state I may be in therein to be content.

Few are the friends of a mans self, most those of his circumstances.

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it.

You can only be really happy when you become what you really are.

Everyone needs to start somewhere.

I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.

Peter also uses his wig as a cereal bowl... He'll some times have some, like, Top Ramen in it.

In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing!

Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.