The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

It has ever been since time began, and ever will be, till time lose breath, that love is a mood - no more - to man, and love to a woman is life or death.

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.

With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go.

The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

Give us that grand word "woman" once again, and let's have done with "lady"; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys.

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith.

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!

The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it.

A weed is but an unloved flower.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life.

Give us that grand word 'woman' once again, and let's have done with 'lady'; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys.

Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.

To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

There is nothing we cannot live down rise above and overcome.

The man who radiates good cheer who makes life happier wherever he meets it is always a man of vision and faith.

Come cuddle your head on my shoulder dear your head like the golden rod and we will go sailing away from here to the beautiful Land of Nod.

There is no chance no destiny no fate that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

There is no chance no destiny no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

The spark divine dwells in thee let it grow.

Good music is wine turned to sound

With every deed you are sowing a seed though the harvest you may not see.

No difficulty can discourage no obstacle dismay no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate obstacles but hurdles to try his skill troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.

Immortal life is something to be earned, By slow self-conquest, comradeship with Pain, And patient seeking after higher truths.

Talk not of the river or lake, To those who have looked on the sea.

I love your lips when they're wet with wine and red with wicked desire.

Back on its golden hinges the gate of Memory swings, and my heart goes into the garden and walks with the olden things.

Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life.

There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you've grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness.

Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, your head like the golden rod, and we will go sailing away from here to the beautiful land of nod.

What can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know.

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

What I try to do for my readers is to pass on some of the things that I found out about being thirteen after doing it for forty years.

In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes.

Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured.