I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces.

Not to find pleasure in serious reading gives a pastel coloring to the mind.

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things

The heart has no wrinkles.

We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.

There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night.

I know of no sorrow greater than that occasioned by a delay of the post.

... we ought to be astonished at nothing; for what do we not meet with in our journey through life?

I love you so passionately, that I hide a great part of my love, so as not to oppress you with it.

So you know what mean when I say that I don't think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You're just pulled to that person like true north, whether it's good for you or bound to break your heart.

You can delegate many things, but prayer is not one of them.

I cannot get any sense of an enemy - only of a disaster.

I was planning on this being something worth mentioning, energy invested in someone I saw potential in

I've got a Caribbean soul I can barely control, and some Texas hidden here in my heart!

I love any opportunity to be able to dance. It's in my blood. I mean, I need to do it as an artist. I need to always do it.

No creature, large or small, ever fails to cover the ground upon which it stands.

Plum puffs can't minister to a mind diseased or a world that's crumbling to pieces

One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash.

He might be a man without character, but she was a woman without courage. Of the two, which was worse?