Betray mean terror of ridicule, thou shalt find fools enough to mock thee; but answer thou their language with contempt, and the scoffers will lick thy feet.

Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

Search out the wisdom of nature, there is depth in all her doings; she seemeth prodigal of power, yet her rules are the maxims of frugality.

To despond is to lie ungrateful beforehand. Be not looking for evil. Often thou drainest the gall of fear while evil is passing by thy dwelling.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

Deep is the sea, and deep is hell, but pride mineth deeper; it is coiled as a poisonous worm about the foundations of the soul.

But to mourn, that's different. To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person.

My cats inspire me daily. They inspire me to get a dog!

Suffering is the fire by which love is tested.

I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.

We honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar. And we will not grow weary.

Businesses should no longer be allowed to depress wages by hiring illegal labor and then falsely claim that Americans don't want to do the jobs.

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government

Change is most sluggish at the extremes precisely because the derivative is zero there.

My senses tell me hubba.

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.