I am convinced the longer I live that life and its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed as when we are suffering greatly we are inclined to suppose.

I would rather marry a good man, a man of mind, with a hope and bright prospects ahead for position, fame and power than to marry all the houses, gold and bones in the world.

No one is loved as much as you by the people. Don't waste that power.

In grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.

I am convinced, the longer I live, that life & its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed, are [as] when we are suffering greatly, we are inclined to suppose.

My husband is not a Christian but is a religious man, I think.

If you keep making jokes like that, somebody is going to shoot you, father.

No one has ever lived who knows better than you the proper placement of footfalls on treacherous paths.

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'

Mr. Lincoln had no hope, and no faith, in the usual acceptation of those words.

My books are friends that never fai

Only those who ignore d sea waves&tides to fish in deep waters can have abundance of fishes to feed their generation.

Spiritual love is a position of standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy.

One may gain attention by wearing a fools cap. But he would ruin his selling prospects

I think that we have created a new kind of person in a way. We have created a child who will be so exposed to the media that he will be lost to his parents by the time he is 12.

Bizarre! That's the only word I can use to describe life sometimes. Just freaking bizarre.

Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established.

You better educate yourself. You don't stand in the front of the line unless you're up there because you know everything that's involved.

High among the unpredictable variables that endanger the survival of worthy buildings are the vagaries of taste.

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.