To obtain wealth beyond measure, seek to make more friends than money.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.

As Richard has pointed out on several occasions, I subscribe to the irregular verb theory of life: I am a trained investigator, you have a healthy curiosity, she/he is a nosy parker.

Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.

If you have real, internal value, you don't need a loud, expensive imitation.

I believe health care is a civil right.

Inspiration is indispensable to my work, but it is hard to come by. It is there or it is not; it is a gift of the gods.

The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it.

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

A beautiful homily, a genuine sermon, must begin with the first proclamation, with the proclamation of salvation. There is nothing more solid, deep and sure than this proclamation.

With Halloween on a Monday this year, that gives people a chance to have parties on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

In the huge mass of evil as it rolls and swells, there is ever some good working toward deliverance and triumph.