Even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labor under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are no more than what are expected from him.

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.

It is important that any value you add to yourself should be converted to tangible products that could benefit humanity.

...to alienate human beings from their own decision-making is to change them into objects.

When you argue against Him you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all: it is like cutting off the branch you are sitting on.

I really like the idea of banality and repetition being used to generate the image, which are simple and unobstructed and not captivated by composition.

The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning.

Advertising becomes a dialogue that becomes an invitation to a relationship.

When Facebook famously moved out to Palo Alto there were people in the same house Facebook was based in working on different ideas. It is vital to remember that.

I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?

Laughter has been implanted in our soul, that the soul may sometime be refreshed.

Abandon all remorse; On horror's head horrors accumulate.