"Glass half empty, glass half full. Well, either way you won't be going thirsty, count your blessings not your flaws."

“If beauty is only skin deep, look really, really hard.”

“I could really appreciate him now - could properly see every beautiful line of his perfect face, of his long, flawless body with my strong new eyes, every angle and every plane of him. I could taste his pure, vivid scent on my tongue and feel the unbelievable silkiness of his marble skin under my sensitive fingertips.”

“Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.”

“O, sorrow! Why dost borrow Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?”

“When I was five I was touring, singing and dancing. Always gone, always out of school.”

“The state has an active role to play in ensuring that there is equilibrium between the constituent parts of the economy, the consumers and the producers.”

“Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines.”

Source : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Thomas Rees (1811). “Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-eastern Provinces of New Spain ; Performed in the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, by Order of the Government of the United States”, p.145

“The estate taxes, on balance, are good. They get people to give money to charity, and they prevent these family dynasties which keep other people from having opportunities. It may be good for a family, but for society it's probably not good. And I've always been in favor of having an estate tax.”