Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

life is more beautiful in dreams than in real..

When i thought i was learning to live I was learning to die

Arrogance can be deadly.” The corners of his mouth crept up. “But you didn’t hear me say that.

Librarians were like guardian angels, with graying hair and beady eyes, magnified through reading glasses, and always read to recommend new literary windows to gaze through.

We've never been happier. Things are great. . . I just don't go into her part of the house.

Nobody is so heartily despised as a pusillanimous, lazy, good-for-nothing, land-lubber; a sailor has no bowels of compassion for him.

Love is richest, most genuine, and most long lasting when you focus on being yourself and doing everything you can to make it possible for the other person to be him- or herself.

I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.

Who God possesseth In nothing is wanting; Alone God sufficeth.

Talent, and genius as well, is like a grain of pearl sand shifting about in the creative mind. A valued tormentor.