Great souls by instinct to each other turn, demand alliance, and in friendship burn.

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 in our hearts that evil lies, and it is from our hearts that it must be plucked out.

God is not free from human beings but for them.

She is happy where she lies With the dust upon her eyes.

I dunno what my 23 infantile years in America signify. I left as soon as motion was autarchic -- I mean my motion.

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!

Oh! Your hand is cold." Ashley cupped her fingers against her shirt to warm them. "I've been dead for seven years," Noah said. "That's as warm as they get.

And then there is Cate Blanchett. She is different all the time.

The future belongs to the one most fully alive in the present.

Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength.

Taxes shouldn't be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that's disciplined. We must make tough choices.