"A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults."

"Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work."

"Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know."

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."

"Good engineering is about finding the right compromise."

"Both my husband and I give a lot of ourselves in what we do because that is our public lives but in my private life, I have an intrinsic right to be left alone."

"Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left."

"If you go into a relationship expecting someone else to fill you up, you're doomed right off."