I do not find myself making any use of the word sacrifice.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Peace shouldn't be an option, it must be the objective, peace shouldn't be a possibility, it must be the purpose.

I wanted to tell you that the man who is your father, the man who gave you life, has found a woman who is in heaven when she's in his arms.

...it should be remembered that men always prize that most which is least enjoyed.

Government is a trust and the officers of the government are trustees and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.

Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits.

Surround yourself with people strong enough to change your mind.

I'm just an Irish biddy.

Along with being forever on the move, one is forever in a hurry, leaving things inadvertently behind-friend or fishing tackle, old raincoat or old allegiance.

If the English educated neglect, as they have done and even now continue, as some do, to be ignorant of their mother tongue, linguistic starvation will abide.

The tomato offers its gift of fiery color and cool completeness.