“Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.”

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.

The will to do, the soul to dare.

The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.

Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.

We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.

Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.

Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.

Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.

Despite knowing they won’t be here for long they still choose to live their brightest lives- sunflowers.

Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmas time.

You shine bright but not everyone can handle the light don’t dim down from the rebound.

And even the stars could never outshine us, we glow far too brightly.

And when the sun smiles its brightest, I become a golden soul.

The sunshine never asks to shine bright, and neither should you.