I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

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.

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.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent.

Rights and duties, sounded more entertaining than duties and rights.

Give a man a fish

Profiting from opportunities is success. Profiting from adversity is greatness.

And I'm telling you now the frustration The future's facing from the anger in the nation.

Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you're part of the solution.

I've always watched actors on the red carpet getting drunk and making idiots of themselves and now I'm happy to join their ranks

Within my heart is carved a sculpture of your love.

In order to get meat, we have to kill. And we are certainly not entitled to any other milk except the mother's milk in our infancy.

Look to the fields white unto harvest; pray for the fields; prepare for the fields; go to the fields or support those who go.