[W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes.

Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Try to be of some use to others.

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.

Babe!

As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.

It is fine to be involved in social life and bring life to the community

Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.

There were moments when she wasn't talking so much as fading into time, dropping back into some funnelled stretch of recent past.

Words fascinate me. They always have. For me, browsing in a dictionary is like being turned loose in a bank.

By the time I'm old, I'm sure I'll have lived a full enough life. I think we're mortal for a reason. Life gets tiring, man!

Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left.

Anything dark and emotionally complex, I'll do it. You're acting, but when you take an acting role, you have to live it. You're living the life of that person.

Hope and optimism aren't just attitudes, they are life strategies.