Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship and pass the rosy wine.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Manager! Have brain - use it!

By acting in a positive, pleasant and optimistic way, you become a positive, optimistic and enjoyable person.

My job is to ensure the sanctity of this House. Ensuring the sanity of its Master seemed like a good start.

Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.

My life has included a study of Shakespeare and to me it's very natural, but I know that it's not always accessible to other people.

I don't want to do anything over again, ever again. I want only to do what I haven't done. There's no "again." There's only the future. I hate the past - especially my own past.

Man wonders but God decides When to kill the Prince of Tides.

When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel.

I love you and I'm here for you.