It is the greatest of all mistakes to begin life with the expectation that it is going to be easy, or with the wish to have it so.

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

Whatever with the past has gone, The best is always yet to come.

He who plants a tree, plants a hope.

The peach-bud glows, the wild bee hums, and wind-flowers wave in graceful gladness.

A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.

Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good.

When April steps aside for May, Like diamonds all the rain-drops glisten; Fresh violets open every day: To some new bird each hour we listen.

Some of us must wait for the best human gifts until we come to heavenly places. Our natural desire for musical utterance is perhaps a prophecy that in a perfect world we shall all know how to sing.

Every true friend is a glimpse of God.

I defied the machinery to make me its slave. Its incessant discords could not drown the music of my thoughts if I would let them fly high enough.

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

The window can be fixed, Katerina. I'm far more concerned about him.

The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.

People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.

Considering how bad men are, it is wonderful how well they behave.

There is no abiding success without commitment.

My fashion advice is to have a flattering mirror and then forget about it.

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.