Sweet April! many a thought Is wedded unto thee, as hearts are wed; Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn brought, Life's golden fruit is shed.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

The devil sweeps people away by deceiving them, showing them a happy life only in the movies

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

A firm belief atthracts facts. They come out iv holes in the ground an' cracks in th' wall to support belief but they run away fr'm doubt.

You have to know your strengths and weaknesses. If you don't have a particular strength, you need to go out and replace that.

There are few things more pleasing than the contemplation of order and useful arrangement.

How near to good is what is fair!

A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he have roots and feels at home in the world.

Whoever gives advice to a sick person acquires a feeling of superiority over him, whether the advice be accepted or rejected.

All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf, I am dumb.

If you're my bestfriend I shouldn't have to ask you to lie for me.