Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

Other men are unaware of what they do when they are awake just as they are forgetful of what they do when they are asleep.

Evidently, one thing seems to have more value in direct proportion to whether or not we feel we have the freedoms, joys or conveniences of that thing.

The more you know who you are and what you want, the less let things upset you

Thos who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.

If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.

I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books they hungered and thirsted for would exist.

XML is not a language in the sense of a programming language any more than sketches on a napkin are a language.

I don't know why people get so bent out of shape over stuff people say.

My first payback to society in life, was The Dolphin Project.

It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.