Death, which we are accustomed to consider an evil, really acts for us the friendliest part, and takes away the commonplace of existence.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

Trees are your best antiques

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.

Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile.

A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

Imitation is suicide.

How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.

It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own it simply erases your own experience in history.

I am a die-hard romantic at heart and love the idea of love. But, when it comes to love, I kinda believe in the old world charm of romance - where there's mystery and intrigue.

It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.

The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.

Nevada is poised to lead our nation in renewable development and we must harness those resources.

He who never hurries is always on time.

I can scarcely contemplate a more incalculable evil than the breaking of the Union into two or more parts.

I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.