It goes far towards reconciling me to being a woman, when I reflect that I am thus in no danger of ever marrying one.

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.

There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.

The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

Solitude begets whimsies.

Find something about yourself to laugh about every day.

Our need for instant gratification is the reason we’re drawn to liars and hot air blowers.

What if your Vision Board came true?

Definition of failure - wishful sinking!

The longer we live the more weight we carry in our hearts.

I am available for children's parties, by the way.

I want to get a farm where I am going to live for the rest of my life. I like the idea of a secluded place.

It's disappointing to know that someone can see right through you.

[The Specials ]was always going to be an underground, underdog kind of movie. But I love when people bring that up, because it's very early, vintage James Gunn.

It’s not part of our Constitution to assume that we are the world’s policemen.