God made the human body, and it is the most exquisite and wonderful organization which has come to us from the divine hand.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

Mind is judgmental but heart is not so love with heart, not with mind.

We're clear, " she said. "You're kind of a psycho. I get that

I have to conclude that fiction is better at 'the truth' than a factual record.

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.

Changing husbands is about as satisfactory as changing a bundle from one hand to the other; it gives you only temporary relief.

Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.

I like to think that at the end of a show, you can just take your costume off and go to the pub.

Great people and great athletes realize early in their lives their destiny, and accept it. Even if they do not consciously realize the how, the where, the what.

Just remember, stealing's punishable by death

Do not fear the digital world, it will not kill us all.