We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Too low they build who build below the skies.

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?.

How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!... Midway from nothing to the Deity!

Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.

Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life!

You can victory overcome every situation by faith and hope.

I don't have room in my life for folks that large and demanding.

What are we when we are alone? Some, when they are alone, cease to exist.

I thought talk was cheap until I saw our telephone bill.

He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.

If you don't value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents- start charging for it.

When destiny calls you, you've got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you've got to move on.

Life’s never a postcard of life, is it? It never feels like how you’d want it to look.

What luxury would I take to a desert island? A mirror. It's true. I'd miss me.

Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down?