My son is my son till he have got him a wife But my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.

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.

If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it’s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.

There are really places in your heart that you don't know exist until you love a child.

But I know something else, too: bad people are rare. Good people are everywhere.

A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To me it is utterly basic yet it seems like it's a great secret.

You can make a board for all the goals you want in your life with the pictures on it, and that's great, daydreaming is wonderful, but you can never plan your future.

I just love the feeling a close family gives you and I wouldn't change it for anything.

There is evidence that young men in the big law firms, although they still work harder than most of their clients, do not glory in putting in night work and weekend hours as they once did.

The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.

You don't get new products and services out of sameness.

Grandfather was well known for being stubborn in his ideas. For instance... you had to go to sleep facing east so that you would be ready to greet the sun when it returned.