"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence."

"However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure."

"Art is long, and Time is fleeting,  And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating  Funeral marches to the grave."

"In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity."

"A courageous heart knows that the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."

"To love truly means recognizing that a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"Sympathy constitutes friendship but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole."

"A courageous heart knows that the greatest battles are fought within."