Nothing impresses the mind with a deeper feeling of loneliness than to tread the silent and deserted scene of former throng and pageant.

Great minds have purposes others have wishes.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

Man is a tireless traveller wandering in the dark valleys of his past!

The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.

I cannot sing the old songs, I sang long years ago, For heart and voice would fail me, And foolish tears would flow.

The Church is a terrible engine of oppression, especially as concerns woman

Til that the brighte sonne loste his hewe; For th'orisonte hath reft the sonne his lyght; This is as muche to seye as it was nyght!

Not hope, but Faith. I don't believe in hope. Hope is a beggar.

The guitar is an orchestra in itself.

We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.

The whole world is waiting. The whole world needs you.

It's unbelievable the primitive feelings that are aroused by rapid change.