He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.

But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly.

Time was a funny and fickle thing. Sometimes there was never enough of it, and other times it stretched out endlessly.

I know it feels like you have all these options and when you make a decision, you lose a world of possibilities. But the reality is, until you make a decision, you have nothing at all.

If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself.

We will not hesitate to speak out when we see actions that contradict those values.

When a man has been intemperate so long that shame no longer paints a blush upon his cheek, his liquor generally does it instead.

Al Gore invented the Internet.

The mind is still haunted with its old unconscious ways; it broods on lost authorities; and the yearning, the deep and hollowing yearning for divine volition and service is with us still.

The loss of body hair is interesting to anthropologists, because it is a feature that distinguishes us from our nearest living relatives, chimpanzees. They have body hair, we don't.

(Jim) Landis is such a good player because he plays every day as if he expects to be sent to the minors next week.

If I depended on critics and children to make a living I'd grow broke.