We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
You can't deny laughter. When it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
I lived what most people call the good life. I was happy, but deep inside I always felt that, with the short amount of time we are given to live and love in this world, we spend too much time loving things instead of people.
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.
We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.
Our patience will achieve more than our force.