A thousand glorious actions that might claim Triumphant laurels, and immortal fame, Confus'd in crowds of glorious actions lie, And troops of heroes undistinguished die.

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.

LIFE IS LIKE ELECTRICITY, ANYONE CAN SHOCK YOU

Every child ought to be educated.

Diminishing returns is the outcome of restriction

When people judge they completely lose sight of the blessings on their own tables. Jealousy or conviction is a very dark room.

I don't read reviews, as a rule. I can't, because I can't control myself. But I've heard that [the Duplasses] were happy, so that's good.

We're going to do a lot of work on the inner cities, I have great people lined up to help.

My mother always said you could eat off her floor; you could eat of my floor too, there's so much food down there.

Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.

...a young man, Jamaican, perhaps, his head circled in a scarf with sunbleached dreadlocks on piled on top, looking like a plate of soft-shell crabs.

If you feel like you're in control of everything, and then things aren't going well, you feel like you're failing.