There is no season when 

such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, 

and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, 

as now in October.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Autumn

Pale amber sunlight falls across

The reddening October trees,

That hardly sway before a breeze

As soft as summer: summer's loss

Seems little, dear! on days like these.

Ernest Dowson

Kun syksyllä peippo lähtee

ja laulu häviää

ja metsä on aivan tyhjä

niin puilla on ikävää.

Sen vuoksi tulee tuuli

ja oksia kiertelee,

se tekee pesiä puihin

ja niissä ulisee.

Ja kun pieniä peippojansa

puu muistaa suruissaan,

niin tuulen hassu laulu

sen panee nauramaan.

Aale Tynni

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? 

Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.

Babatunde Olatunji

Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying anyway. 

Mary Kay Ash

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a rose with the other.

Chinese proverb

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.

Robert Orben