A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Courage is the hallmark of spirituality. Courage comes when you love yourself for who you are.

Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would do anything, believe anything in order to acquire it?

Generosity gives assistance rather than advice.

I think that if you grow up trying to be the best then you have to be competitive because the more you compete, the more someone is there that is a challenge and the more your performance improves.

Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.

Country things are the necessary root of our life - and that remains true even of a rootless and tragically urban civilization. To live permanently away from the country is a form of slow death.

There was a strange kind of comfort in misunderstandings and differences that were old enough to have lost their teeth.

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.

Not letting our mood affect the way we treat people is a forgotten sunnah