The fall of waters and the song of birds, And hills that echo to the distant berds, Are luxuries excelling all the glare The world can boast, and her chief favorites share.

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.

Grief is itself a medicine.

How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too!

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.

Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.

That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.

I got the Hammer money, sweetie you can't touch this.

Those who have money think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know it is money.

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you embrace another.

With a labyrinth, you make a choice to go in - and once you've chosen, around and around you go. But you always find your way to the center.

The farmer has patience and trusts the process. He just has the faith and deep understanding that through his daily efforts, the harvest will come.And then one day, almost out of nowhere, it does.

Louis B. Mayer once looked at me and said, "You will never get the girl at the end." So I worked on my acting.