Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

Life is meant to be a journey of continuous progress

No man is ever old enough to know better.

My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen out.

Should we stop celebrating the Columbus day - the day when the first illegal immigrants entered America?

Impossible to see, the future is.

I can't take any more white boys noodling around on their guitars.

I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn't matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.

I grew up with siblings, so if I could just snap my fingers and have four [children], I would have four

One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's pen.

What is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects.