To her bier Comes the year Not with weeping and distress, as mortals do, But, to guide her way to it, All the trees have torches lit; Blazing red the maples shine the woodlands through.

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

Whatever with the past has gone, The best is always yet to come.

He who plants a tree, plants a hope.

The peach-bud glows, the wild bee hums, and wind-flowers wave in graceful gladness.

A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.

Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good.

When April steps aside for May, Like diamonds all the rain-drops glisten; Fresh violets open every day: To some new bird each hour we listen.

Some of us must wait for the best human gifts until we come to heavenly places. Our natural desire for musical utterance is perhaps a prophecy that in a perfect world we shall all know how to sing.

Every true friend is a glimpse of God.

I defied the machinery to make me its slave. Its incessant discords could not drown the music of my thoughts if I would let them fly high enough.

Still, beauty can mask deadly danger.

You’ll never know who you are unless you shed who you pretend to be.

The problem with aging was not that death was near, for death was always near. The problem with aging was that a woman began to carry too many memories within her.

I can't believe that out of 100 000 sperm you were the quickest.

FEMA has lost its focus, and Floridians know first-hand of the agency's shortcomings, .. Natural disaster preparedness and response programs have become trapped in a homeland security bureaucracy.

I feel a lot more comfortable on stage in the theatre. It just reminds me of being a kid and doing pantomimes.

I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.

I really don't like to act. At the beginning, back in '51, I had to force myself to stick with it. I was real uncomfortable, real uncomfortable.

If you flatter yourself properly you will be better able to enjoy yourself. Stretch your joy so that others enjoy you too.

When opting out from partnership is so easy, every minor disagreement is perceived as a major catastrophe and irreparable disaster.