We all draw a little and compose a little, and none of us have any idea of time or money.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.

War is the greatest failure of mankind.

I really don't like to hurt myself. I have a good understanding with all the women who have been in my life, whether I see them occasionally or not.

Terrorists can only take my life. Only my government can take my freedom.

Whistler,' Manet called. 'How's your mother?

If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it.

Even an organized person has days that aren't efficient and well-managed.

Earth's crammed with Heaven.

If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they'll murder you in your sleep.

Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.