"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"

"Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it"

"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them"

"My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane"

"It's not that we use technology, we live technology"

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time"

"There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk"

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things"

"Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems"