I never paid you a compliment, Rachel, in my life. Successful love may sometimes use the language of flattery, I admit. But hopeless love, dearest, always speaks the truth.

Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.

The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more rare.

My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!

Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own.

We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.

Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.

I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.

Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying.

Pedants, who have the least knowledge to be proud of, are impelled most by vanity.

There is so much ignorant prejudice against bees in a dining-room.

Rereading, we find a new book

[On marriage and permanent attach

My Master’s call I have decided to respondThat His work will not be left ajar as I stand afarHarvest full

God has already given us peace of mind, but some of us are yet to experience it, because they continue to feed the wrong words to their subconscious mind.

I think the American people in many cases want to transform our energy system.

Why Christians do what they do is just as important as what they do. Bad motives ruin good acts.

People that are interested in me, I like to be interested in them.

We respect and support the example set by President José Mujica of Uruguay in proposing legislation that regulates the cannabis market

It's OK to assert yourself. Obviously, as a woman, I do experience the consequence of asserting yourself - you're not supposed to assert yourself.