I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they're not alive.

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.

The kingdom of God is within you

People have experiences in art museums today that they used to have in church.

The birth of my sons. The birth of new emotions...what a privilege. What a blessing.

Envy is more incapable of reconciliation than hatred is.

Mermaids have no tears, and so they suffer all the more.

A grateful heart is like a sponge that soaks up God's goodness.

Being a lady is a frightfully troublesome assignment, since it comprises mainly in managing men.

Where God is at the center of things, worship inevitably follows. Where there is no spirit of worship, there God has been dethroned and displaced.

It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work.

I'm very wary of news on television.