Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.

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.

You can go home again, the General Temporal Theory asserts, so long as you understand that home is a place where you have never been.

Only when your old mental patterns have been ditched will you be able to put your ideas into action.

A respectful woman is a righteous woman.

I don't think I'm before my time, I just don't think I'm in my time.

Through all the bad guys that I've played, they're justifiably bad - they have their reasons. It's been important to me.

It is only in your thriving that you have anything to offer anyone.

In saying my prayers, I discovered the voice of an innermost self, the raw nerve of my identity.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. We've done just what we set out to do. Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.

One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash.

51 Martin [guitar] sounded pretty good as new guitar. Martin has several levels of guitars now, and this one is pretty good.