"If, for example, you are miserly by nature, you will never go beyond a certain limit; only generous souls attain greatness."

"Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content, The quiet mind is richer than a crown..."

“Good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.”

“Why can't I just eat my waffle?” 

“She looked just like a painting dying to speak.” 

“Call no man happy till he is dead.” 

“Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.” 

“In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.”

It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

“A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones.

“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”

“I want to play for years.”

“Playing sick. That is so hard to do. It has to be a total mental challenge, as well as the physical challenge.”

“O dear Pan and all the other gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich. As for gold, let me have as much as a moderate man could bear and carry with him.” 

Being positive may be a character defect of mine.

“Rest and be thankful.” 

“All that we behold is full of blessings.” 

The French have got taste.

I'll tell you what I was like as a child. I was a good person. I was high-spirited but I was a big reader.

Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.

“The theory of metamorphosis goes beyond theory of world risk society: it is not about the negative side effects of goods but about the positive side effects of bads.” 

While Pickstown may not be what it once was, it still is framed by the natural beauty of the ancient river, the sweep of the Great Plains, and the long, unbroken shoreline of the lake behind the dam. It gave me a 19th-century childhood in a modern mid-20th-century town, and for that I will always be grateful.

Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life