If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

Any political philosophy is perfect in a given moment...but moments are fleeting.

The processed food industry hijacked our palates by using three highly addictive weapons -- sugar, salt and wheat.

Some are born great some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.

When I want a peerage I shall buy one like an honest man.

Surrounding myself with beautiful women keeps me young.

You’re young and you have all your life ahead of you.

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government.

Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.

When you have nothing to lose, the sky's the limit.

Name one thing in this world that is not negotiable.