By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

This isn't a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don't happen.

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.

We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young.

A poet wants only one small stone on which to carve his life.

I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves.

I never taught my girls to play golf; they all played softball

But if we expect justice for ourselves, we must support it for others.

Love, that is all I asked, a little love, daily, twice daily, fifty years of twice daily love like a Paris horse-butcher's regular, what normal woman wants affection?

I try to put what's evocative in the music to me, I try and put that out there in terms of titles and imagery, or implication towards the listener.

In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.