As Vivacity is the Gift of Women, Gravity is that of Men.

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.

In moments when I am fully connected to my heart

All evil is good become cancerous.

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

The idea that skiing might not be fun, might not be for everyone, had never occurred to me. Where I come from, the sport signified pleasure, nature, family happiness.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

I don't like Amazon (wearing my author hat, not my customer hat).

The strong conquer the weak. The weak serve the strong and hope to become strong so they can conquer others who are weaker.

God plants no yearning in the human soul that he does not intend to satisfy.

An aphorism is a single sentence that totally exhausts its subject.

People should really take care when they vote, and pay more attention to what people say they're going to do - instead of just how they feel about how things are going.