Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

Spring is beautiful, and summer is perfect for vacations, but autumn brings a longing to get away from the unreal things of life, out into the forest at night with a campfire and the rustling leaves.

Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.

No one should teach who is not in love with teaching.

The people who dream are very often the people who see, and dreaming and seeing precede doing.

Kindness is the truest wisdom of life and we cannot go far without it.

I thank you, God, in Heaven, for friends.

At Christmas-tide the open hand Scatters its bounty o'er sea and land, And none are left to grieve alone, For Love is heaven and claims its own.

... Love is heaven and claims its own.

In very truth it is the unattained which gives zest to the commonplace and brims the cup of our daily life with keenest joy.

If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.

You can regain your inner peace with a daily prayer.

Do every act of your life as if it were your ultimate.

Dip your fingers n the spring stream or lift your face to the summer rains. Listen for me in the winter wind I'll come back for you.

Communication with the dead is only a little more difficult than communication with some of the living.

In the spirit of tolerance, you should allow us to execute homosexuals.

If I could have two things in one: the peace of the grave, and the light of the sun.

I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.

Nobody does anything better than me in baseball (said before the 1971 World Series).

You can risk being wrong or you can be boring.