To wheedle and coax is safer than to command.

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

People don't like getting older, but they do like changing

Love is the most beautiful flower in the garden of life.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life and find solace in fantasy.

We presently have the technology ... fuel cells, solar cells, hydrogen ... the opportunities are amazing for clean energy.

The power of faith to ease our suffering is God's love.

She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'.

The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood.

It's going to be a bummer if Mars turns out to be like us.

When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.

And finally Winter, with its bitin', and whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.