It appears to be a matter of national pride that the President is to have more mud, and blacker mud, and filthier mud in front ofhis door than any other man can afford.

Women should not weaken their cause by impracticable demands. Make no claim which could not be won in a reasonable time. Take onestep at a time, get a good foothold in it and advance carefully.

Girls, do not scrub and cook and scour until you have no time left to plant a tree, or vine or flower.

Dying is not difficult, yielding is impossible.

When a woman starts out in the world on a mission, secular or religious, she should leave her feminine charms at home.

Abolitionists were men of sharp angles. Organizing them was like binding crooked sticks in a bundle.

So, instead of spending my strength quarreling with the hand, I would strike for the heart of that great tyranny.

It is an old adage, "All is fair in love as in war," but I thought not of general laws, and only felt a private grievance.

Let the erring sisters depart in peace; the idea of getting up a civil war to compel the weaker States to remain in the Union appears to us horrible to the last degree.

A woman with her two children was captured on the steps of the capitol building, whither she had fled for protection, and this, too, while the stars and stripes floated over it.

It was quite an insignificant looking sheet, but no sooner did the American eagle catch sight of it, than he swooned and fell off his perch.

I like to visit New York but I wouldn't live there if you gave it to me.

We tend to regard ourselves as puppets of the Past, driven along by something that is always behind us.

Oh my lovely princess,"Raoden whispered. "You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to them." -Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

No. I usually rest in my satin-lined coffin, actually. I'm not allowed out in daylight hours.

It is an amazing thing, the difference to one’s powers of concentration a pair of comfortable shoes can make.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

You're never rude,' she said, smiling, 'and I think it's good to be touchy sometimes. It means you care.

There are more Baptist preachers in Texas than Baptist missionaries in all the world.

I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.

I like vintage shopping, but I also like to mix in high-end.