Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.

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.

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

There can never be any real freedom on earth as long as people try to exert ownership over the natural resources of the world.

A book is not completed till it's read.

We all have the right to choose our own gods, and worship them. No matter even if it is a stone, an animal or a piece of cake.

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

There is always something missing that torments me.

If there are too many cooks in the kitchen, the dish is not going to work out.

Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.

The Clintons are very close with everybody on the Democratic side.