Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

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.

I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life.

I'll write records until I'm dead. And then maybe even after that!

Our souls are knit. We are one person, James.

To create art means to be crazy alone forever.

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

I have discovered that there are two types of command interfaces in the world of computing: good interfaces and user interfaces.

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

Significance is inherent in the human body.

You can make five massive hits in a row and still not get cast by the directors who you want to work with doing little movies.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.