"There is nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."

"God is in the details."

"You can complain because roses have have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."

"Savor the warmth of every sun-filled day, and the chill wind of every raging storm, weeds as much as flowers, the bitter and the sweet."

"Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first."

"...For the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies."

"Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

"Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow."

"Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem."

"What force is more potent than love?"

"I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty."

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad"