I would not trust a mouse to a woman if a man's judgment could be had.

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.

But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

Jesus was a man for simple people. He didn't make his messages incredibly complex. If you were a person that had the eyes to see and the ears to hear... then his message was easily understood.

Don't take crucial decisions when you are depressed or filled with anger, because then the decision is not made by you.

As a writer one has to take the chance on being a fool.

Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

I hate TiVo, I hate DVRs. I do not get them.

Do not make homes out of people. This will leave you homesick and sad.

What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.

Might does not make right! Right makes right!

What has reason to do with the art of painting?