A day an hour of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

Kalau nanti aku tidak asik lagi. Tidak menyenangkan lagi. Ingatkan aku tentang hal-hal yang pernah membuatmu bersikeras mempertahankanku.

Don't cope with problems

Every nation ought to have a right to provide for its own happiness.

[There are] so many things I've learned, and I'm still learning, actually.

Common sense among men of fortune is rare.

The highest percentage of England's top jobs are filled by graduates from about two different universities.

The older you get the simpler you want to make it.

I once tried to make lace - which has been a great obsession of women - unsexy. And I achieved it.

Nothing seems too high or low for the humorist; he is above honor, above faith, preserving sense in religion and sanity in life.

In the faces of men and women, I see God.