A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth

With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread.

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!

Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!

My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread.

Coquetry is the champagne of love.

There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon.

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

I remember, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn.

Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

She was my friend because she was kind and funny but she had a face like two oysters fused together in a Star Trek matter transporter accident.

A man that is focused on his purpose always saves his time.

They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree.

Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.

I think a lot of women have back problems.

Going and running, just to run on the treadmill, wasn't my thing.

Every day, first responders put their own lives on the line to ensure our safety. The least we can do is make sure they have the tools to protect and serve their communities.

There's not swelling music and emotional scenes in life, and there's not long pauses when you tell a joke for everybody to laugh. That's not how it goes. Life just sort of happens to you.

Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it.

All good strategy eventually degenerates into work.