There is nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion by authority, like too strong a liquor for a frail glass.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.

It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

My true love hath my heart, and I have his

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.

The last confession he heard was from a young hysterical girl who seemed to him to be making up a chain of small sins so that she could imagine herself full of remorse.

Gardening is an exercise in optimism.

Your body has space within you that cannot die.

You can do anything you put your mind to. I don't care what situation you're in.

This would be a vastly better world to live in if Matt Drudge decided to handle his emotional problems more responsibly, and set himself on fire.

Every man kills the things that he loves. Some with a look, some with flattery, the coward with a kiss.

Being hungry is like being in love: if you don't know, you're probably not.

Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.

America should stand for more than just wealth.

I'm an old-fashioned girl. And I love gospel. I like things that lift me up, inspire me.