Friendship * * * is a long time in forming, it is of slow growth, through many trials and months of familiarity.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Be life.

Every life is precious, has value, a purpose, and is significant. Each life adds value to this world and to the lives of others. That value is immeasurable.

I had made myself the center of my own existence and had my back turned to God.

AC/DC has lived the dumbness that the Ramones have only faked all these years.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

If you would get a contented life, do not grasp too much of the world, do not take in more of the business of the world than God calls you to.

Feminism and issues surrounding being female in the world, always, but particularly right now at this complicated cultural moment. It's a huge part of what's important to me.

An error means a child needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong.

But for now, I just sat there on the bed and listened to my song. The one that had been written for me by a man who knew me not at all, now sung by the one who knew me best.

The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.