Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

We can see the beauty of life, with positive focus.

Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.

You know, after all these years, it's just like we are who we are and it's a struggle for me and sometimes I'm heavier and sometimes I'm thinner.

If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.

Some of these people need ten years of therapy - ten sentences of mine do not equal ten years of therapy.

That's where the conflict starts. We all want for a wife a combination Sunday school teacher and a $500-a-night hooker.

When you do a good turn you feel rich, even if you are broke.

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded.

There's an old saying that you don't ever finish a movie, you abandon it, and I really believe that. I never walk away from a take and pat myself on the back.