Life is so constructed that the event does not cannot will not match the expectation.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!

Good-night, my-" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

God did not give me my life to throw it away.

What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.

You can fulfill what the Lord called you to do and for you to fulfill this mission, there must be no impediments

I am an optimist, I always hope for the best.

Lying is a thriving vocation.

My first dissatisfaction has always been with religion.

They succeed, because they think they can.

Whether I'm writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I'm always an actor's director first. I always try to listen to them a lot, and try to put their voices into their character.

Adhering to budgeting rules shouldn't trump good decision-making.

Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should, they never get around to do what they want to do.

The universe is conspiring at this moment to bring you happiness and peace.

Flame is very near to smoke.