I care not who controls a nation's political affairs, so long as I control her currency

Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws.

The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from it's profits or so dependent on it's favors, that there will be no opposition from that class.

Love is an involuntary gift that manifests unplanned.

Only a happy mind will see the beauty of a beautiful view! For the sad mind everywhere looks gloomy!

Being selfless isn't bad. It is a very rare quality.

By putting his hand around my neck he slowly strangled himself.

I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.

Grief never ends, but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness nor a lack of faith: it is the price of love.

Some men are like oak leaves -- they don't know when they're dead, but still hang right on; and there are others who let go before anything has really touched them.

In high school there were so many Jennifers, I had all sorts of names, including Jo-Jen, Jenna, Jenna-Bean, and Jenny A.

If I weren't in the band, I would be a fan.

It's hard to find happiness after success if the goalposts of success keep changing.