Oh, Liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright! Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train.

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.

Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore.

On the first day, man created God

No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.

Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.

If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

My life is really so much based in England.

Worship is love responding to love.

Races and nations are thus ever ready to believe the worst of one another.

I hate to lose but having the belt doesn't define who I am. It's how I live my life and what I put into things is what defines me.