In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value it bears, but to the value our fancies set upon it.

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.

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

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.

You can be great in any area of life, just learn to convert time into added value and tangible products.

A martyr can never cooperate with death, go to death in a way that they're not trying to escape.

The truth is, if anyone saw my home life, I'm pretty sure it would look like other families' around the world. There's a lot of juggling to be done.

The whole of life is symbolic because the whole of it has meaning.

Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want

Comedy. I think that's something I'd really like to do.

What I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can.

And he who must be a creator in good and evil: verily, he must be an annihilator first and demolish values.

My big thing is people. I just love people in my life.

I had never supported a political figure - and I went out and supported Obama.