If it were not for hopes the heart would break.

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.

Laughter is just like champagne -- only without the headache afterwards.

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.

I prefer to remain mysterious and have people MAKE their own judgment calls about me than to always have to EXPLAIN who I am and what I’m about.

It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God, is to be a television talk-show host.

In so far as the intention of education is to train the child for a vocation it is a millstone around his neck.

Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next '1' ready to be launched in case I drop.

Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.

Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.

A musician, an artist, an architect: the man or woman who is not one of these is not a Christian.