Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.

To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Only if you are possible, everything will be possible.

Our actions let us walk and live. Our imaginations let us fly. So be action oriented and never forget to dream.

Lies sound like facts to those who've been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth.

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.

I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office.

The first phase of American political history was characterized by the conflict between the Federalists and the Republicans, and it resulted in the complete triumph of the latter.

Portraits I've done in the past I've always thought were a reflection of me.

The fact that my songs take a long time to write is no guarantee of their excellence.

I've seen Australia and I've lived on an asteroid and I'd take the asteroid.

Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire.