Music religious heat inspires, It wakes the soul, and lifts it high, And wings it with sublime desires, And fits it to bespeak the Deity.

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 days we shared I alone would remember now.I suddenly felt less real.

Just because you're from a small town doesn't mean that you're small. Don't ever think anyone's more important than you are or has more valid experiences.

People who violate your boundaries are thieves. They steal time that doesn’t belong to them.

The Constitution only guarantees the Nigerian people the human rights either in their preamble or substantive provisions in the country.

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity When I give I give myself.

Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.

It is at night that faith in light is admirable.

You know us crazy kids. We'll do anything crazy to our hair.

If I swung the gavel the way I swung that golf club, the nation would be in a helluva mess.