There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.

The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows.

Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.

The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep to-night.

It is said to be the manner of hypochondriacs to change often their physician.

Hark to that shrill, sudden shout, The cry of an applauding multitude, Swayed by some loud-voiced orator who wields The living mass as if he were its soul!

These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end.

But 'neath yon crimson tree Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame, Nor mark, within its roseate canopy, Her blush of maiden shame.

Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.

There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night; And grief may hide an evening guest, But joy shall come with early light.

The groves were God's first temples.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

I had an aunt named 'abnormal Shauna' once. But she passed away in an unfortunate cliff-top interpretative dance and fireworks accident.

It's a pelvis thrust, not a pelvic wiggle.

Clear your mind of "can't."

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

There's an impression that actors make a lot of choices. I just take what's there.

Kissing is much easier than smoking.

My uncle was a cop, a career cop, on the beat in downtown Chicago. He was my hero when I was growing up.

Don't pass up something that's attractive today because you think you will find something way more attractive tomorrow.