It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.

Love is not getting, but giving; It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best.

If only the best birds sang, the forest would be silent.

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.

It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.