He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Faces close, they breathed into each other, their bodies slick with water and sweat.

Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself.

I think when you come to Australia you immediately get the sense of fitness and taking care of yourself and being healthy, and it really shows.

I like sarcasm. I like snark.

Each time you fall He'll pick you up. He knows your own efforts are never going to bring you anywhere near perfection

He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

You never realize the value of coaching until your children play for a coach

The last thing that man will understand in nature is the performance of his brain.

Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.