Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
-George Washington
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
-Epicurus
Remember that children, marriages and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
It is better to have God over your shoulder, than carry the world alone on your back.
-Anthony Liccione
Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens