The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.

We have inherited new difficulties because we have inherited more privileges.

Fly not yet, 'tis just the hour When pleasure, like the midnight flower That scorns the eye of vulgar light, Begins to bloom for sons of night.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the person who is closest to our heart and to reckon with him as though he were a logical proposition or a problem in accounting.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

Have a strong mind and a soft heart. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.

Consider your own life-how many times a day does some situation pop up that leads to moments of frustration and anxiety? Surrendering your head to your heart in those moments will lead you to balance and fulfillment. As you listen to your spirit, peace follows. So follow your spirit. Build your foundation in your heart. Love must be your innermost and spontaneous response towards every person you encounter. Say to yourself inside, "I just love." Use these words as a key to start the engine running in your heart and watch life brighten with new love and understanding. Surrender to your new awareness and let love unfold the purpose of creation to you. -Sara Paddison.

Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love those whom we admire.

Deeper than e'er plummet sounded. -The Tempest. Act iii. Sc. 3.

He the sweetest of all singers.