Great as the planning were for the dinner, the lot was so contrived that not a soul in the house be supposed to be kept from the break of day ceremony of Blessing in the church.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

Life is a journey filled with experiences but without the experiences, there will be no life.

You are entitled to your opinion but you are not entitled to dictate mine.

I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not want them challenged.

Jake, anyway, and somehow that seemed far, far worse. The couldn’t

The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.

I want it all quickly 'cause I don't want God to stop and think and wonder if I'm getting more than my share.

All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.

When you're the cash cow that lays the golden goose egg, people are always going to cheer you on, whatever.

Justice is a blindfolded woman.