Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.

It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

My true love hath my heart, and I have his

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

And I'd learned, the hard way, that sometimes, even with the purest intentions, we make things worse when we do our best to make things better.

When they judge you, yawn.When they misunderstand you, smile.When they underestimate you, laugh.When they condemn you, ignore.When they envy you, rejoice.When they oppose you, prevail.

You're blowing it, son! You're blowing it!

And I have to consider myself fortunate, because there are plenty of writers who spend most of a lifetime looking for that certain something without ever finding it.

Chess is infinite, and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one's opponent's wildest dreams will become reality.

a society driven mainly by selfish individualism has all the potential for sustainability of a collection of angry scorpions in a bottle.

This is a sad, regrettable day that all of us wish could have been avoided.

The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others.

I am so not technically proficient at all.

My first solo was in church when I was five.