Grant us peace, Almighty Father, so to pray as to deserve to be heard.

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.

Let us not rest until we are free to live in dignity in the land of our birth.

Thou can'st not joke an enemy into a friend, but thou may'st a friend into an enemy.

I gave life, and that is beautiful.

Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.

I can say with full sincerity that I am happy. I'm happy because I'm doing what I love and I'm not selling out. And I can sleep at night because I'm at peace with it.

Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.

Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme.

There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.

If we understand and feel that the greatest act of devotion and worship to God is not to harm any of His beings, we are loving God.

If you're a social democrat, then you think it's cool to pay taxes. For me, tax is the finest expression for what politics really is.