Every man in the time of courtship and in the first entrance of marriage, puts on a behavior like my correspondent's holiday suit.

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.

Do not watch your life melt away just like that for life is too precious to waste it doing nothing.

God wants to bless us in many ways that require faith. We must trust that He is answering our prayers even when we can’t see it.

How we feel about our families teaches us and helps us know the importance of feeling.

FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit.

The sea, the stars, the night wind in waste places, mean more to me than even the human beings I love best.

According to a new survey, people who get divorced die early. People who stay married live longer. The difference is they just wish they were dead.

I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.

You are already that which you want to be, and your refusal to believe this is the only reason you do not see it.

Paul welcomed hearbreak, disillusionment and tribulation for only one reason - - these things kept him immovable in his devotion to the gospel of God.