I do not know that ever I desired anything earnestly in my life but 'twas denied me, and I am many times afraid to wish a thing merely lest my fortune should take that occasion to use me ill.

But 'tis a sad thing that all one's happiness is only that the world does not know you are miserable.

Will the kindness of this letter excuse the shortness of it?

To marry for love were no reproachful thing if we did not see that of ten thousand couples that do it, hardly one can be brought for an example that it may be done and not repented afterwards.

Surfeits kill more than fasting does.

What an age do we live in, when 'tis a miracle if in ten couples that are married, two of them live so as not to publish to the world that they cannot agree.

I find so many things to fear and so few to hope.

All letters, methinks, should be free and easy as one's discourse, not studied, as an oration, nor made up of hard words like a charm.

No one said parenting was easy, but NO good parent has any right to give up.It is one labyrinth you can never quit because it seems too hard.

She heard a low laugh and glanced over her shoulder, meeting Gage's amused glaze. 'You're trouble', he mouthed.'No, ' Madison thought when she went all warm and gooey inside, 'I'm in trouble.

We, the atom and I, have been on friendly terms, until recently. I saw in it the key to the deepest secrets of Nature, and it revealed to me the greatness of creation and the Creator.

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

How much does the universe weigh, when it fasts for infinity?

Faith is the sight of the inward eye.

Much of the fear of doing something wrong vanishes when we are knowledgeable about what we are doing.

I’m a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.

I've always believed that dreams were both the love letters and the hate mail of the subconscious.

Quality has always been the overriding factor for us. But you also have to have happy people working for you.