"To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute"

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

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows"

"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"

"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"

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom"

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

"Silence does not always mark wisdom"

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"