Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to ourselves and nature: delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present; laughter hath only a scornful tickling.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.

It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

My true love hath my heart, and I have his

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.

We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long.

Fear and Love are the two emotional pillars of survival.

You can woo a girl with a poem, but you can't hold onto her with a poem. Not even with a poetry movement.

To be strong, love. To win trust, believe.

Help us, Juli-wan Kenobi, you're our only

Do not be too timid and squeamish. ... All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

It is terrifying to people when women step up and start owning the story that they have not owned. And I'm seeing so much of this, and it is a seismic shift.

I go to my past in order to discern the future.

You have to be a political leader, willing to lose an election if you want to do what's right.

When greater perils men inviron, Then women show a front of iron; And, gentle in their manner, they Do bold things in a quiet way.