Riches enlarge rather than satisfy appetites.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup.

But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.

How beautiful it is to feel that what you cannot describe?

I know you're more than fae." She just grinned. "It's true, I'm part fae, part awesome.

The sea was my first home...Now that I had nowhere else to go, this was the last place I felt safe.

Now is the moment that never ends.

Why doesn't love come with an owner's manual?

The questioners had that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it.

A natural parent has only two things principally to consider, the improvement of his son, and the finances to do it with.

Size of industry, concentration of market, or production notwithstanding, the consumer is best served when the businessman is completely free to pursue his profit goals.