Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

There's luck in odd numbers.

Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.

The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems.

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.

A baby was sleeping, Its mother was weeping.

Better to be safe than sorry.

I'll seek a four leaved shamrock in all thy fairy dells, And if I find the charmed leaves, oh, how I'll weave my spells!

Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.

There was a place in childhood that I remember well, And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy tales did tell.

Sure the shovel and tongs To each other belongs.

Evil grows when good people do and say nothing.

Leadership isn't about age but rather, leadership is about influence, impact & inspiration.

The secret of food lies in memory - of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is.

You stand on dead men's legs. You've never had any of your own. You couldn't walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly

Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?

Money has a way of trumping even the gravest of enemies over time.

This is among the few things that can be said about love with any confidence. It is small enough to be contained within the heart but, pull thin, it would drape the entire world.

Acting runs through my blood. There is some sort of creative desire to express myself and I would need that outlet. Otherwise I would be a nightmare to live with

Take the sweet poetry of life away, and what remains behind?