Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.

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.

It’s when your plans look dead that God’s resurrection power begins to operate in your life in greater measure

Deed of darkness is dark gloom.

It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.

I remember as a kid being cold a lot, and hungry sometimes. Wed go to bed with just cornbread and milk, and I remember wearing shoes with holes in the bottom. I remember having twine for shoestrings.

People invariably chose inimitable people to imitate.

Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South’s two halves together.

I'm too lazy and I like food and I like my free time too much to spend it working out!

No matter how strong the rival, the just will always win.

In other words, governments do not collect taxes to provide services, they provide services as an excuse to collect taxes.

To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.