Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day

The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.

Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.

It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes.

The landlord of colonial days may not have been the greatest man in town, but he was certainly the best-known, often the most popular, and ever the most picturesque and cheerful figure.

When the first settlers landed on American shores, the difficulties in finding or making shelter must have seemed ironical as well as almost unbearable.

That was his tactic. Make them want know something they never wanted to know. Lure them into the trap of knowledge.

Some secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.

You can call a thing possible which is still to happen, but not which has already taken place.

I was such a nerd in high school, I didn't even have imaginary friends, I had imaginary bullies.

If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!

When a person feels encouraged, he can face the impossible and overcome incredible adversity.

The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty.

I suppose middle-aged love is interesting for middle-aged people.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.