The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

God's dream is interwoven into reality by humans.

Being able to inspire the body is an easy feat, but being able to inspire the soul as well is true talent.

How many physicians, scientists, teachers, pastors, missionaries, statesmen, musicians, businessmen, and notable contributors to society have been murdered in the womb?

Extreme things are like miracles. Nothing is as boring as a person who is just okay.

Writing does not exclude the full life; it demands it.

I've been having a lot of trouble sleeping as we all should. I dunno. You don't live that long. It doesn't matter.

One of the rules of history is that people do not write about what is too obvious to mention. And so the information, having never been recorded, is now lost for ever.

Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night.

Nothin' taken for granted, just learn from my mistakes. My will too strong, my spirit's somethin' they can't take.

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.