O'er folded blooms On swirls of musk, The beetle booms adown the glooms And bumps along the dusk.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.

The ripest peach is highest on the tree

Tell you what I like the best - 'Long about knee-deep in June, 'Bout the time strawberries melts On the vine, - some afternoon Like to jes' git out and rest, And not work at nothin' else!

I love the horse from hoof to head. From head to hoof and tail to mane. I love the horse as I have said - From head to hoof and back again.

Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead, he is just - away.

O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.

Poverty is a scourge and must be dealt with surge.

The way of the world isn't the strong devouring the weak, but the weak deceiving and poisoning and whispering in the ears of the strong until they become weak, too.

. . . the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks the valleys also are covered over with corn they shout for joy they also sing.

It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.

Shakespeare--whetting, frustrating, surprising and gratifying.

If you don't have enough time to accomplish something, consider the work finished once it's begun.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I don't really think about my work in terms of whatever money it makes. That's just a bonus. I'm just going to do the work anyway, so whatever comes back is good with me.

I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time.