Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.

You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

Without music, life would be a blank to me.

Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.

The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man, is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage!

Trusting that you will some time or other do me greater justice than you can do now.

My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?

Time did not compose her.

One good, compassionate and caring Self is a thousand times greater than all the fanciful, imaginary supernatural entities in the world.

Be the best person you can be for yourself and for everyone around you.

To the extent that experience is the sum of our memories and wisdom the sum of experience, having a better memory would mean knowing not only more about the world, but also more about myself.

The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!

If I were doing five cop shows, I'd probably start struggling to find an identity for each one and struggling to find inspirations.

Numerical precision is the very soul of science.

The idea to put episodes out weekly in theory makes as much sense as putting them all out at once.

You accumulate a great deal of acquaintances and friendships over the years, and you can't always spend as much time as you would like.

If during creative processes the desire for money and fame comes before passion and joy, the chances for a big hit decrease considerably, at least in my experience.

Love's but a frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined.