It is pleasant to see a notorious profligate seized with a concern for religion, and converting his spleen into zeal.

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.

The dreams of youth. So noble. So good. And heavy dreamsthey were- made frail only by their own weight.

My time has not yet come.

Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else's position.

To him who knows to prosper and does it not, to him it is sin.

I have the most evil memories of Spain, but I have very few bad memories of Spaniards.

Education is how to help the person who's lost a job. Education is how to make sure we've got a workforce that's productive and competitive.

Too much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few capitalists.

I was a runaway girl from France who married an American and moved to New York City. Im not sure I would have continued as an artist had I remained in Paris because of the family setup.

Mistakes are about getting the blessing in the lesson and the lesson in the blessing.

It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is