The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

May hope rise within you. May peace wash over you.

Money or even power can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.

Basically I'm always looking for things. Any good photographer should always be looking for something, you know.

If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us.

If the pleasures we seek are not permanent, then how important are they?

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse-that is, to grow more satisfactory to those who constitute it and less satisfactory to those who support it.

Patriarchy is having the power to name.

I'm starting to mistrust my judgment.

Just think of any negativity that comes to you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss.

But love is blind and lovers cannot see