"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade."

"Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in fell a trifle short of the wearer's expectation."

"'Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby."

"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress."

"Recommend virtue to your children it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it."

"I get mad. I get sad. I have all those emotions. But I just like to keep them to myself. I don't think my fans need to be bothered with if I'm mad or sad about something. I should just be concerned that they are keeping up with my music or I'm making them happy with my show."