The desire to be the object of public attention is weak, but the excessive dread of it is but a form of vanity and over-self-contemplativeness.

Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and gillyflowers.

January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow.

Chill December brings the sleet, Blazing fire, and Christmas treat.

June brings tulips, lilies, roses, Fills the children's hands with posies.

Dull November brings the blast, Then the leaves are whirling fast.

April brings the primrose sweet, / Scatters daisies at our feet.

The Poplar grows up straight and tall, The Pear-tree spreads along the wall

there is nothing so uncertain and slippery as fact.

February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again.

Life is the steam of the corporeal engine; the soul is the engineer who makes use of the steam-quickened engine.

If you fail, you will be sad. But if you quit, you will be mad. Don't give up on your dreams. Get up. You can do it!

Write every day. Even if it's only a letter.

You can never experience a major positive change in your life without controlling your mind to work in favor of your destiny.

Love comforts, it is gentle, it is warm and you can feel it within your entire being.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said that New Orleans, when rebuilt, will be a chocolate city. And he will be the delicious nut in the center.

As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion.

Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.

The fight for survival is the fight

If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell.

Good deeds in this life are coals raked up in embers, to make a fire next day