There is nobody so weak of invention that cannot make some little stories to villify his enemy.

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.

At first parenthood was as I had expected, exhausting, sometimes heinous, and occasionally divine. I held my children close enough to feel them breathe, laugh, swallow.

You don't become a success by breaking the rules. You don't become a success by obeying the rules. You become a success by inventing the rules.

I have plenty of enemies... among artists who resent my earning a living. They think I should go off and starve while painting something 'significant.

We none of us find as much kindness in this world as we should.

I write about nerds who go the extra mile and become rock stars.

There are plenty of mothers who should not be allowed to raise their children.

What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States. They should not be changed because of what has happened. But trust has to be restored and reinforced.

The burden of disease falls on the poor.

Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems.

You either ride with us, or collide with us.