The pride of woman, natural to her, never sleeps until modesty is gone.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

Mother's ways are higher than others, even when everyone rejects, mother accepts with her arms open and wide.

For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

When the problem is worry, the prescription is prayer.

You don't dwell on what you've lost, you just move on.

I found a piece of paradise to call my own, and life is worth living again, for to love you, to me, is to live.

A man likes to feel that he is loved, a woman likes to be told.

Each human being has his own sexual profile, and should exercise it without guilt - provided he does not oblige others to exercise it with him.

It was not important how many enemies there are, but where the enemy is

You’re not a morning person, are you? (Simone) I’m a Dream-Hunter/demon. By my very nature I’m nocturnal. That big yellow ball in the sky offends me to the very core of my being. (Xypher)

In all our Yogas this renunciation is necessary. This is the stepping-stone and the real centre and the real heart of all spiritual culture - renunciation. This is religion - renunciation.