The Fear of Death often proves Mortal.

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.

I want to dream a dream so wonderful that I'll wake up sorry that it wasn't a memory.

Potential, and the will to deploy it. That's all magic is in the end, you know.

The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do.

aesthetic isn't simply about good design for good design's sake.

One thing that never ceases to delight me about us women, is the friendship and support that we give each other.

I find Japanese books quite baffling when I read them in translation. It's only with Haruki Murakami that I find Japanse fiction that I can understand and relate to. He's a very international writer.

The subtlest beauties in our life are unseen and unheard.

The greatest movies are the ones you want to watch again and again.

People who do really dangerous tasks can't afford to sit around and discuss the merits of what they're doing.

Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion, wherein stones and clouts make martyrs.