Best friends listen to what you don't say.

The education of the common people requires, perhaps, in a civilized and commercial society, the attention of the public more than that of people of some rank and fortune.

I hadn't mentioned, but Ching Shih is a pretty villainous character. She is a real person, but she was a pirate commander, so she probably murdered a lot of people.

Well, you know, I don't think anyone who writes a television series has a master plan from the beginning, and knows all the character traits, and everything that's going to happen.

Sanitation is more important than Independence.

If you want to stand out from the crowd, give people a reason not to forget you

I had to learn American sign language. And I did stuff in it, stuff that was just for me and was fun, that I don't think anyone would ever notice.

The example of parents is the greatest teacher. Parents must stand out as models of happiness to their children.

Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.

[The] prevailing reason at this time is, that the Act of Parliament is against the Magna Charta, and the natural rights of Englishmen, and therefore, according to Lord Coke, null and void.

When I am able to be present, listening - really listening - to a viewpoint described through someone else's lens, I am here in the now and alive.