Kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire, As summer clouds flash forth electric fire.

I lived to write, and wrote to live.

Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.

Long on the wave reflected lustres of play.

Women have the understanding of the heart, which is better than that of the head.

Man to the last is but a froward child; So eager for the future, come what may, And to the present so insensible.

Gentle to others, to himself severe.

To know her was to love her.

Every day a little life, a blank to be inscribed with gentle thoughts.

When a new book is published, read an old one.

Then never less alone than when alone.

I promise you that the moment you unwaveringly commit to your own vision, seen and unseen powers will unite to make that vision a reality.

He spins us both, wrapping us in his wings until I’m dazed and gig

At one point my dad called me and said, 'You have always been a great salesman. I think it's time you come home and sell swimming pools.'

I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.

Each of the substances of a man's diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.

I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.

No small misery is caused by overworked and unhappy people, in the dark views which they necessarily take up themselves, and force upon others, of work itself.

Knavery is the best defense against a knave.

It is God who gives life. Let us respect and love human life, especially vulnerable life in a mother's womb.

The nuances and organic characteristics of a character become second nature if I'm doing my job well.