Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

It is your life, so who should change it?

Yellowdog, where does sorrow go?”He held his heart. “Lives here, in each of us.

Jim Crow, moreover, was seen executing his world-renowned dance, in gingerbread.

It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done.

What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.

I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings.

It is not by your actions that you will be saved, but by your being.

If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur.

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.

Find yourself. Be with yourself. Fail and then achieve.