Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.

There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.

The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

Solitude begets whimsies.

No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.

Yesterday I was clever, That is why I wanted to change the world.Today I am wise, That is why I am changing myself.

Discipline is not a negative word. It comes from the Greek word "to train.

The greatest riddle of all.... the riddle of man! The complex mystery of the universal human being as he stands wihtin the threshold of universal laws. This is the most fascinating puzzle!

Never have a friend that's poorer than yourself.

Humor can be one of our best survival tools.

How we put our collective talents to work is a social issue, not solely a personal one.

Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.

You have to keep your long hair.

The whole campfire idea freaked Piper out. It made her think of that huge purple bonfire in the dreams, and her father tied to a stake. What she got instead was almost as terrifying: a sing-along.