Satisfaction will come to those who please themselves.

The whole world is covered with buttons, and not one of them is mine!

All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness.

Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.

You can keep your willpower, Frog. I am going home to bake a cake.

Come back and wake me up.....half past May! (the Toad)

I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children.

Knowledge will not always take the place of simple observation.

Wishes on their way to coming true will not be rushed.

Winter is beautiful, but bed is better.

Nothing is harder to resist than a bit of flattery.

Recovery is hard. Regret is harder.

A memorable heart is the easiest way to immortality.

Fortune and Love befriend the bold.

I burned sixty calories. That should take care of a peanut I had in 1962.

May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.

I guess it all depends on your nature. Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work.