A ruin should always be protected but never repaired - thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.

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.

I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings.

You'd be surprised how many people in the modern age no longer fear zombies as much as teletubies.

Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?

I mean, that was a throwaway thought, because my focus was - my intent and my focus was to never go public.

Your income tends to equal the average income of your five best friends.

Life is a four-letter word.

Before doing any interviews I like to know who I'm meeting with and get a bit of an idea of their sensibilities.

Like books, artists have their fates.

I want to be wherever you are.

Legislators aren't known for being rocket scientists.