In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

When you have self-respect, you have enough.

I take pride in taking the hard road and prove to people I earned it.

When a couple of young people strongly devoted to each other commence to eat onions, it is safe to pronounce them engaged.

I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m.

To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make.

I slumbered spring's morning and missed the dawn from everywhere, I heard the cry of birds. That night the sound of wind and rain came. Who knows how many petals had fallen?

I hate fame. I hate being recognized, because I don't know how to talk to people.

Past happiness augments present wretchedness.

The foundation of a disciplined life is integrity and doing what we say we're going to do.

Let me tell you, communism does not work! Socialism does not work!