In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.

I want to do everything in the world that can be done.

[On disagreeing with her husband about his slave-holding:] I cannot give my conscience into the keeping of another human being or submit the actions dictated by my conscience to their will.

What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face? How shall I charm the interval that lowers Between this time and that sweet time of grace?

When marriage is what it ought to be, it is indeed the very happiest condition of existence.

... it's always determined characters who make the greatest fools.

An actor's life is the shadow of a cloud, the echo of a sound, the memory of a dream, nothing come of nothing. The finest actor does not create, he is but a translator of another man's work.

Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.

I have been taking my daily walk round the island, and visited the sugar mill and the threshing mill again.

Carols of gladness ring from every tree.

They frequently find the truth who do not seek it, they who do, frequently lose it.

Your every positive action in your life will increase your self-esteem and this self-esteem will boost you for more positive action to take you on success

Let us not be judged by actions, but by means.

'It is my duty to warn you that it will be used against you,' cried the Inspector, with the magnificent fair play of the British criminal law.

All my good movies, nobody sees.

Any party that would put Sarah Palin up on a pedestal will never have my support.

There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.

There are people in Congress who aren't very bright. In fact, some of them are just plain brain-dead.

Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations.

Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?

After 25 years in business, Mitt Romney understands how jobs come and go, and what we need to do to get our economy back on track.