A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

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.

What we are most passionate about becomes our legacy.

Young age can be experience just once, but immaturity never leaves even we grown up??

A false tale often betrays itself.

I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists.

Poetry is sentimental to begin with. To write a sentimental poem is an act of redundancy.

If you can't categorize a film for a studio, it's really difficult for them to wrap their heads around it and give you the money.

The first Chapter Law is, "Don't spend much time on it. You're going to have to rewrite it."

What transforms us is not what we do but our integration with WHAT IS.