Robert Green Ingersoll

"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers."

"What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man."

"In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing."

"Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity."

"The man who has really won the love of one good woman in this world, I do not care if he dies in the ditch a beggar - his life has been a success."