In grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.

I would rather marry a good man, a man of mind, with a hope and bright prospects ahead for position, fame and power than to marry all the houses, gold and bones in the world.

No one is loved as much as you by the people. Don't waste that power.

I am convinced, the longer I live, that life & its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed, are [as] when we are suffering greatly, we are inclined to suppose.

My husband is not a Christian but is a religious man, I think.

If you keep making jokes like that, somebody is going to shoot you, father.

No one has ever lived who knows better than you the proper placement of footfalls on treacherous paths.

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'

Mr. Lincoln had no hope, and no faith, in the usual acceptation of those words.

Beautiful, Glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country.

Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage.

If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh.

I wish I were a virgin again. The only fun I ever had was holding out.

The problem is people become so angry. And they become so vicious.

A powerful programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as a framework within which we organize our ideas about processes.

What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.

There is not a thing as the wrong place, or the wrong time. We are where we are at the only time we have. Perhaps it's where we're meant to be.

You know, the thing about life and love is that they are both ever-changing while people seldom are. (Acheron)

The highest challenge inside organizations is to enable each person to contribute his or her unique talents and passion to accomplish the organization's purpose.

We must endeavor to have God reign sovereignly in us, and then in others. The trouble with me is that I take more care to have Him reign in others than in myself.