It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple-minded and ignorant.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Whatever you get out of poetry - take it. take it. take it. Words are better off felt than understood.

The light of God’s presence in our lives is a purifying flame that will draw us near to Him.

Wishes, I am finding, are fickle things when they turn on you.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for honor.

Few people can look at a painting longer than it takes to peel an orange and eat it.

A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present

We are all called to be great saints, don't miss the opportunity.

It may not be what you would've chosen, but we all have a responsibility to be active citizens and shape our system and our future.

At 15, I knew someone whose mother cooked macrobiotic, so I persuaded my mother to go macrobiotic with me.

I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.