The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.

Great minds have purposes others have wishes.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

You are mostly treated by others, the way you deserve.

She had the experience to suffer with discretion.

Some Wishes won't become true But will lead you to the ultimate Truth

Everyone always wants to find the answer, to feel that things are resolved. But in dreams, maybe there isn't an answer so much.

A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.

I can't pass up a blank book when I see it in a bookstore. And I write a sentence in it, and then I put it away.

Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life.

My parents are my No. 1 supporters and they always have been.

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.