God's providence is not blind, but full of eyes.

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas!

Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side by side; Toiler, idler, slave and master, in the same quick current glide.

Swan flocks of lilies shoreward lying, In sweetness, not in music, dying.

Along the river's summer walk, The withered tufts of asters nod; And trembles on its arid stalk the hoar plum of the golden-rod.

Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, Nor looks to see the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play!

All the windows of my heart I open to the day.

Behind the cloud the starlight lurks, Through showers the sunbeams fall; For God, who loveth all his works, Has left his Hope with all.

If thou of fortune be bereft, and in thy store there be but left two loaves, sell one, and with the dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

Green calm below, blue quietness above.

Love can be simply the absence of tension.

The habit of giving up when the present task is half finished and try something else is one of the chief causes of failure.

Eventually, I manage to cheer Mum up by allowing her to go through my wardrobe and criticize all my clothes...

Too often we . . . enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

I know nothing about the inner workings of Russia. I don't deal there. I have no businesses there. I have no loans from Russia.

Dream the impossible because dreams do come true.

A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes, The burnished sunbeams brightening From flower to flower he flies.

Don't wear big earrings and a big necklace and a big ring all at the same time. Pick your magic.

Chess is a contest between two men which lends itself particularly to the conflicts surrounding aggression.

Every developer will want to live in this world…and it’s our job to build it.