Now and then one sees a face which has kept its smile pure and undefiled. Such a smile transfigures; such a smile, if the artful but know it, is the greatest weapon a face can have.

When Time is spent, Eternity begins.

I shall be found with 'Indians' engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go out.

Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?

O proudly name their names who bravely sail| To seek brave lost in Arctic snows and seas!

When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget.

Like a blind spinner in the sun,I tread my days:I know that all the threads will runAppointed ways.I know each day will bring its task,And being blind no more I ask.

If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life.

Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.

The woman who creates and sustains a home, and under whose hands children grow up to be strong and pure men and women, is a creator second only to God.

O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.

It's hard to tell where reality ends and illusions begins. They blend - then they separate

When something is impossible, I do it anyway.

Frankly, the only good people who I know are dogs.

You live through stuff, and it affects the way you feel about the world, and you write about it.

Play the game with a smile.

The only ugliness is that of the heart, seen through the face. And though beauty be obvious, the only loveliness is invisible.

I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.

The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

The gift of life is so precious that we should feel an obligation to pay back the universe for the gift of being alive.